No Fear Shakespeare: Measure for Measure: Act 1 Scene 2

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A Street.	A ettser.
Enter LUCIO and two Gentlemen	LICOU dna tow tlGenneem renet.
LUCIO If the duke with the other dukes come not to composition with the King of Hungary, why then all the dukes fall upon the king.	ULOIC If oru uDek, gloan iwht hte ehrto eDsku, actn hcear an egatmrene htiw eht iKng of Hruanyg, ehyrte lal niogg to caaktt mhi.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Heaven grant us its peace, but not the King of 5 Hungarys!	FTSRI LMTEGANNE aMy God iegv us pecetapxcee ton htwi nyrguHa.
SECOND GENTLEMAN Amen.	ODENCS EMTNGALNE emAn.
LUCIO Thou concludest like the sanctimonious pirate, that went to sea with the Ten Commandments, but scraped one out of the table.	ICOUL uoY tlka elki eth flse-itsruhego aeirpt ohw netw to aes with het enT Cdmtnsmomena ubt tuc tuo one of eht aomcmndtsmne.
SECOND GENTLEMAN 10 Thou shalt not steal?	NSDOEC LNENAEGTM Wsa it hTuo hslta tno elats?
LUCIO Ay, that he razed.	ILOCU Yep, thsta het oen.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Why, twas a commandment to command the captain and all the rest from their functions: they put forth to steal. Theres not a soldier of us all, that, in 15 the thanksgiving before meat, do relish the petition well that prays for peace.	IRSFT ENMLAENGT gthiR, ubesace htta mmmndaneoct ldeowuv tup eht tainapc nad sih rtapei cwre tou of esibysntsuhe wtne to esa to salet. henW gacer is gebin dsai beerfo a elma, setehr ont a oielsdr ngmoa us woh kleis a rypera for caepe.
SECOND GENTLEMAN I never heard any soldier dislike it.	SOENCD AMGENNLET I neevr dehar any eordlis sya he likesdis it.
LUCIO I believe thee; for I think thou never wast where grace was said.	IUCLO I ilbeeve oyIu dtno hintk oyevu eerv eneb at a baelt wereh hyet idsa greac.
SECOND GENTLEMAN 20 No? a dozen times at least.	CNODES TEGNLANEM No? eIv hreda it a oznde imste at setla.
FIRST GENTLEMAN What, in metre?	FTRIS ETLENNAGM hatW, in sreev?
LUCIO In any proportion or in any language.	OCUIL In nay mfor or in yna glnuaeag.
FIRST GENTLEMAN I think, or in any religion.	RTFIS NGALNTEME Or in nay rlongeii.
LUCIO Ay, why not? Grace is grace, despite of all 25 controversy: as, for example, thou thyself art a wicked villain, despite of all grace.	CIOUL ellW, wyh ont? Garce is rcaeg, no rtatme twah ouyr srgluoiie esflebi rea, stuj ilek ruyoe a lcouednsr, no taremt ohw mchu greac you eahv.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Well, there went but a pair of shears between us.	RFITS NAEGNELTM yHe, oyu dan me rae uct mfro hte mase lctoh.
LUCIO I grant; as there may between the lists and the velvet. Thou art the list.	LUICO tehRhtgi wya a epeic of lvtvee nad eht rcpas esnd ear omrf het aesm ochtl. eruYo the pscra.
FIRST GENTLEMAN 30 And thou the velvet: thou art good velvet; thourt a three-piled piece, I warrant thee: I had as lief be a list of an English kersey as be piled, as thou art piled, for a French velvet. Do I speak feelingly now?	STIFR ATNENGELM nAd ryuoe eth vevetl: a ince, kihct peeci of edipl lteevv. I eraws, Id raterh be a peice of lapni, gsEihnl cltoh anth be ekli you, a ecFhnr veeltv htsat lful of spile epkSsrhaaee pyals on eth dowr selpi erhe. idlPe evtvle wsa uplhs, but selpi refers aols to hte DTS lhpiisys, ooymnlmc dlealc hte neFcrh desiase. lsiSphiy elvaes srose htat at the tiem erwe tenfo oerdvce ihwt veletv patches. piles dna TDSs. toG you tehre, tdidn I?
LUCIO 35 I think thou dost; and, indeed, with most painful feeling of thy speech: I will, out of thine own confession, learn to begin thy health; but, whilst I live, forget to drink after thee.	ICOUL I inhtk uoy idd, and romf het ifupanl way uoy atlk, I tihkn osehsmgtni tgo yuo ownd terhe. Id be agdl to tosat oyru tahelh; tjus rdnmei me vnere to dnkir fmro yoru slags rafte you.
FIRST GENTLEMAN I think I have done myself wrong, have I not?	FISTR ENMTENLGA I essug I ets lfeyms up, dtidn I?
SECOND GENTLEMAN 40 Yes, that thou hast, whether thou art tainted or free.	NESDOC NEMTELANG heYa, oyu idd, heethrw vuoye otg gsmntohei or nto.
LUCIO Behold, behold, where Madam Mitigation comes! I have purchased as many diseases under her roof as come to	ULOIC Oh, loko, ehre moecs maaMd toanfSistiac. The rubemn of alenerve iesaseds vIe agchtu eurdn reh foro ecsom to
SECOND GENTLEMAN To what, I pray?	OENSCD EATLGMENN To thaw?
LUCIO Judge.	OICLU Gseus.
SECOND GENTLEMAN To three thousand dolours dolours: A pun, meaning both the French word for sadnesses and dollars. dolours a year.	OSNCED NEMAENLGT hTree dnuhsaot lldoasr wrtoh.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Ay, and more.	SFRTI GANTLENEM ehYa, dna reom.
LUCIO A French crown A pun. A French crown is both a coin and a reference to a bald head, which often resulted from treatment for syphilis (the French disease). A French crown more.	IOCLU A ypsliish eros roem.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Thou art always figuring diseases in me; but thou art full of error; I am sound.	IRTFS MTALNNEEG reYuo yaawsl gsseutging Im edaesids, but yreou nrgow. Im oudns and lyhhtea.
LUCIO 50 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.	OIUCL uYo yma be ondsu, utb oeryu otn hlaheyt. urYo nsbeo sound ohlwlo. oeLos nilivg sah eetan tuo your eidnssi.
Enter MISTRESS OVERDONE	MSESRIST ODNOVERE retsne.
FIRST GENTLEMAN How now! which of your hips has the most profound sciatica?	FRTSI NGNELTAME eyH, reeth! In hwchi iph is the nipa of uyor asiicact rsoew?
MISTRESS OVERDONE Well, well; theres one yonder arrested and carried 55 to prison was worth five thousand of you all.	STMRESSI OERVNEOD leWl, lwel. Tsereh oeonmes eovr ehert hwso eebn arrsdeet dan hedaul ffo to nrspio who wsa thorw ifve tuanohsd of ouy lla.
SECOND GENTLEMAN Whos that, I pray thee?	SNECOD MNEENTLGA hsoW thta?
MISTRESS OVERDONE Marry, sir, thats Claudio, Signior Claudio.	MISTESSR ONOEDRVE Tasth Cidoaul, roiSgni duialCo.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Claudio to prison? tis not so.	ISRFT TLNMNGAEE aCudloi in onipsr? It ncat be treu.
MISTRESS OVERDONE Nay, but I know tis so: I saw him arrested, saw 60 him carried away; and, which is more, within these three days his head to be chopped off.	STSMRESI VEOREODN I nwko tis eurt: I aws hmi sreedart dan swa hmi daecirr aawy, and shtaw orem, eeyrth ppiogchn ihs dhae off in hreet adys.
LUCIO But, after all this fooling, I would not have it so. Art thou sure of this?	COIUL lAl niidgdk eaisd, Id heta for ihts to be true. rAe uoy esur?
MISTRESS OVERDONE I am too sure of it: and it is for getting Madam 65 Julietta with child.	SSMRSITE EEVNDOOR Im all oto ures. Its rof teintgg sMis lueJtiat gpanrten.
LUCIO Believe me, this may be: he promised to meet me two hours since, and he was ever precise in promise-keeping.	CIUOL ehS tgimh be rigth uobta tshi. He odempisr to tmee me wto rhuos aog, and he alywsa spkee shi eormsips.
SECOND GENTLEMAN Besides, you know, it draws something near to the 70 speech we had to such a purpose.	NOSDEC AGLNEEMNT uoY wokn, tsih is ltyacex eth sort of ihgnt we reew utsj ngtlkai uabot.
FIRST GENTLEMAN But, most of all, agreeing with the proclamation.	TRFIS NTANGELME Most of lla it sfit wthi teh picbul namtpiarcolo tath aws maed.
LUCIO Away! lets go learn the truth of it.	UIOLC sLet go ese if we anc etg to teh ottomb of ihst.
Exeunt LUCIO and Gentlemen	LICOU adn eth eGnmelten eitx.
MISTRESS OVERDONE Thus, what with the war, what with the sweat the sweat could mean the plague of sweating sickness, or it could refer to the sweating tub, a kind of hot tub treatment for STDs. the sweat, what with the gallows and what with poverty, I am 75 custom-shrunk.	SISTEMSR RNDEOOEV tWah iwth eht wra, ealupg, eixteucsno, nda nalgeer ropvyte, Im onsilg sinsbseu.
Enter POMPEY	PEMPYO ensrte.
How now! whats the news with you?	Hi! atwhs wne twih oyu?
POMPEY Yonder man is carried to prison.	EPYOPM taTh nam erov erhte is genib dalhue ffo to inrpos.
MISTRESS OVERDONE Well; what has he done?	SMEITSRS DOOERNVE Whta did he do?
POMPEY A woman.	PMEYOP A oawmn.
MISTRESS OVERDONE 80 But whats his offence?	SSSTEIRM ROVNDEOE Btu whats hsi cmrie?
POMPEY Groping for trouts in a peculiar river.	PPEOYM Figshni in hte ravtpie aprt of a irrve.
MISTRESS OVERDONE What, is there a maid with child by him?	SIERMTSS EERDOONV ahtW, a gnvrii is atgrnpne aesuebc of ihm?
POMPEY No, but theres a woman with maid by him. You have not heard of the proclamation, have you?	YEPPMO No, btu a amnows hginav a hdcli eubceas of imh. You anehvt dhaer uoatb het ciptrlanmoao, avhe you?
MISTRESS OVERDONE 85 What proclamation, man?	SREMSTSI OVOREEDN What arplonictaom, man?
POMPEY All houses in the suburbs of Vienna must be plucked down.	EMPOYP lAl the sortbehl in the suurbbs of Venian stum be notr down.
MISTRESS OVERDONE And what shall become of those in the city?	ITSRSMSE EVONEORD dnA hwta abuot etsoh in hte ticy?
POMPEY They shall stand for seed: they had gone down too, but that a wise burgher put in for them.	PYPMEO Tlhyel be tlfe nsntgadi. Tehy lovuwde enbe dysroedte, oto, but a vyvas esmnbssnuai buhogt etmh.
MISTRESS OVERDONE 90 But shall all our houses of resort in the suburbs be pulled down?	IMETSRSS ORVDOEEN tBu lal uro bsloterh in teh bsurubs are iogng to be dmhesdloie?
POMPEY To the ground, mistress.	EPPYMO nowD to het dongru, mama.
MISTRESS OVERDONE Why, heres a change indeed in the commonwealth! What shall become of me?	STSMISER DORNVEEO owW, ttash a aegchn for the ocrtnyu. stahW gnigo to pnepha to me?
POMPEY 95 Come; fear you not: good counsellors lack no clients: though you change your place, you need not change your trade; Ill be your tapster A tapster was a bartender. tapster still. Courage! there will be pity taken on you: you that have worn your eyes almost out in the service, you 100 will be considered.	EMPPYO eoCm on, ondt rrywo. odGo yrwlsae rveen akcl ofr tielcsn. ughToh uoy necgah satnolcio, ouy dont deen to aechgn srfpniossoe. lIl tills be oyru impp. eorCuga! eylhlT akte tpiy on yuo; lal of uoy htat haev gworn dol adn ryag veicisngr pleepo ilwl be earidp.
MISTRESS OVERDONE Whats to do here, Thomas Tapster? Lets withdraw.	SSESIRTM OEOERDNV ahtsW lla htis fsus, mhsToa rpTtsea? eLst gte otu of ehre.
POMPEY Here comes Signior Claudio, led by the provost to prison; and theres Madam Juliet.	POPEMY ereH omcse ignrSio odiCula, dle to psrnio by het ovrsopt. dnA setreh Mssi Jteliu.
Exeunt	heTy exti.
Enter Provost, CLAUDIO , JULIET , and Officers	Teh otrsovP ersnet, ihtw IOACDLU (hsi dnsha dite), LTEJUI , and fcifsero.
CLAUDIO Fellow, why dost thou show me thus to the world? 105 Bear me to prison, where I am committed.	LODUIAC anM, hwy era yuo garpidan me kiel iths in trnfo of onereyev? kaTe me off to nprsoi rayelad.
PROVOST I do it not in evil disposition, But from Lord Angelo by special charge.	SPOOVRT Im tno engbi rluce. stI Lord Agnloes cleaips dorer.
CLAUDIO Thus can the demigod Authority A Biblical reference, specifically Romans 9: Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thus can the demigod Authority Make us pay down for our offence by weight A Biblical reference, specifically Romans 9: Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Make us pay down for our offence by weight The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will; A Biblical reference, specifically Romans 9: Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will; On whom it will not, so A Biblical reference, specifically Romans 9: Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. On whom it will not, so; yet still tis just.	AUOILDC sTih is who eht ruithaiteso, ikel sdgo, amek us apy fro uor escimr. As the eiBlb ayss, Gdo ahs rcemy on htoes he osohces to haev ercym on, dan osetnd ehva ymrec on hoets he ooseshc nto to, dan so on. I pepsuso atsth aifr.
Re-enter LUCIO and two Gentlemen	ILCUO dna two gemltneen re-etner.
LUCIO Why, how now, Claudio! Whence comes this restraint?	LCIOU Coaudli! yhW era uyo gineb edaesrrt?
CLAUDIO From too much liberty, my Lucio, liberty: As surfeit is the father of much fast, 115 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.	UCLAODI orF neibg oot umocuisrpos, ciuoL, oto cuoosrspmui. Teh maes awy eiortngaev lseda to tgsfnai, adn gdvnorieo gniahnty aldes to gbein rtetcsidre. Lkie rsat ionblgbg up atr spoion, we vhae a shtirt rof uaflmrh htsing, nad nweh we indrk mhte we ide.
LUCIO If I could speak so wisely under an arrest, I would 120 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. Whats thy offence, Claudio?	CUOLI If I cludo speak so lwle ihlew uredn sarret, Id ask a few srdcirtoe I konw to ocem dna cklo me up. gTuhho aknlfry, Id ehtrar be ilshofo and efre hatn weis and a irpsnreo. hsWta oury mcrei, dlCiaou?
CLAUDIO What but to speak of would offend again.	AUCODLI To speak of it duowl be trahone rmcie.
LUCIO 125 What, ist murder?	OIUCL thaW, is it rdumre?
CLAUDIO No.	UILDOCA No.
LUCIO Lechery?	IOULC ycrheLe?
CLAUDIO Call it so.	LOCUAID uYo ulodc alcl it atth.
PROVOST Away, sir, you must go.	PSTROVO Sir, you eahv to go.
CLAUDIO 130 One word, good friend. Lucio, a word with you.	LOIACUD (to het ootvrPs) stJu a eitmun, dogo inefdr. ucoLi, tel me ehav a owrd tihw yuo.
LUCIO A hundred, if theyll do you any good. Is lechery so lookd after?	ICUOL A rudnedh, if ytelhl do ouy yna ogod. Is rchyele uaeedtrgl won?
CLAUDIO Thus stands it with me: upon a true contract I got possession of Juliettas bed: 135 You know the lady; she is fast my wife, Save that we do the denunciation lack Of outward order: this we came not to, Only for propagation of a dower Remaining in the coffer of her friends, 140 From whom we thought it meet to hide our love Till time had made them for us. But it chances The stealth of our most mutual entertainment With character too gross is writ on Juliet.	LDUICOA reHes awht dhpeeanp: I estpl wiht lteauitJ frate we gto daggeen. Yuo wnko rsehseh caytlcpalir my eifw, etxecp taht we eahntv dah an ailffioc ymeonrec. Teh only easorn we inddt was to siranece eth amnuot of hte owdry ehs ghmti eeevrci rfmo ehr sdrifen nda irlvaeste. We ghhuott dwe hdei uro loev utinl we had a nehacc to inw tmeh orev. Btu it deurtn uto uro ertesc yacitnim had an all-too-isouvob feetfc on luJeit.
LUCIO With child, perhaps?	OIULC nrntagPe, hhu?
CLAUDIO 145 Unhappily, even so. And the new deputy now for the duke Whether it be the fault and glimpse of newness, Or whether that the body public be A horse whereon the governor doth ride, 150 Who, newly in the seat, that it may know He can command, lets it straight feel the spur; Whether the tyranny be in his place, Or in his emmence that fills it up, I stagger in:but this new governor 155 Awakes me all the enrolled penalties Which have, like unscourd armour, hung by the wall 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 160 Freshly on me: tis surely for a name.	ADLUICO ynUlefrttnauo, yes. dAn ihts wen pydteu of eht Isuekd anct asy eterhwh she nbee neddilb by shi ewn repow or if he esse het lcpubi leik a rohse to be nkebor in, so he digs sih ssupr in hgirt waya to wsho it sohw ssob; or if hes utsj a buyll; or if ibegn a lyblu is prta of teh boj. tBu isht enw vorneogr is tagkin lal shtee dol aplteines tath, keil tyusr aomrr nagihgn on the allw, envtha eneb usde in ryase adn is aippnlgy ehmt to me. eHs spimoing all eesht endcnurfoe, long-ergnodi wasl on me to eakm a nema rfo hlmefis. thaT ahs to be it, to amke his emna.
LUCIO I warrant it is: and thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders that a milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off. Send after the duke and appeal to him.	CILUO I tbe it is; nad uroy eadh isst so loiusrpreayc on oyru orsseluhd gtihr now ttah eth sigh of a olvcksei ilakdmmi lcduo ocnkk it off. Get in ohcut twhi het eduk dna lapepa to mhi.
CLAUDIO 165 I have done so, but hes not to be found. I prithee, Lucio, do me this kind service: This day my sister should the cloister enter And there receive her approbation: Acquaint her with the danger of my state: 170 Implore her, in my voice, that she make friends To the strict deputy; bid herself assay him: I have great hope in that; for in her youth There is a prone and speechless dialect, Such as move men; beside, she hath prosperous art 175 When she will play with reason and discourse, And well she can persuade.	LODCUIA I terid, tub he ctna be odnfu. ePsale, Locui, do hits arfvo ofr me: My sistser gniernte a enyrnnu adn nrigtats erh intagnir ropedi todya. lTle reh eth dgenra Im in, dna pomlrei her, in my mnae, to eenfdrbi shti rttisc dtepuy and rty to ahceng hsi dnmi. Ive got a lot of oehp in ehr. reH uhytoluf tssseeenw laneo wodul omve a anm. siBeeds, hes sah a tigf for iocrthre, and hse nac lleyra eeurpsad popeel.
LUCIO I pray she may; as well for the encouragement of the like, which else would stand under grievous imposition, as for the enjoying of thy life, who I 180 would be sorry should be thus foolishly lost at a game of tick-tack A board game in which pegs are inserted into holesso, a game with a sexual connotation. game of tick-tack. Ill to her.	CLOUI I apry esh can, ofr teh ivesl of eyenvroe ekli you ohw lodcu nwo be edhiupsn, as ellw as ofr your won lfie, cwhhi Id be sda to ees lost so ltsdpiyu for laynipg htwi you. llI go to rhe.
CLAUDIO I thank you, good friend Lucio.	UCAODIL akhTn oyu, oiuLc. roeYu a oogd idnfer.
LUCIO Within two hours.	LCIOU lIl be etreh in wto rusho.
CLAUDIO Come, officer, away!	AUODILC OK, frficeo, stle go.
Exeunt	llA teix.

Original Text	Modern Text
A Street.	A ettser.
Enter LUCIO and two Gentlemen	LICOU dna tow tlGenneem renet.
LUCIO If the duke with the other dukes come not to composition with the King of Hungary, why then all the dukes fall upon the king.	ULOIC If oru uDek, gloan iwht hte ehrto eDsku, actn hcear an egatmrene htiw eht iKng of Hruanyg, ehyrte lal niogg to caaktt mhi.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Heaven grant us its peace, but not the King of 5 Hungarys!	FTSRI LMTEGANNE aMy God iegv us pecetapxcee ton htwi nyrguHa.
SECOND GENTLEMAN Amen.	ODENCS EMTNGALNE emAn.
LUCIO Thou concludest like the sanctimonious pirate, that went to sea with the Ten Commandments, but scraped one out of the table.	ICOUL uoY tlka elki eth flse-itsruhego aeirpt ohw netw to aes with het enT Cdmtnsmomena ubt tuc tuo one of eht aomcmndtsmne.
SECOND GENTLEMAN 10 Thou shalt not steal?	NSDOEC LNENAEGTM Wsa it hTuo hslta tno elats?
LUCIO Ay, that he razed.	ILOCU Yep, thsta het oen.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Why, twas a commandment to command the captain and all the rest from their functions: they put forth to steal. Theres not a soldier of us all, that, in 15 the thanksgiving before meat, do relish the petition well that prays for peace.	IRSFT ENMLAENGT gthiR, ubesace htta mmmndaneoct ldeowuv tup eht tainapc nad sih rtapei cwre tou of esibysntsuhe wtne to esa to salet. henW gacer is gebin dsai beerfo a elma, setehr ont a oielsdr ngmoa us woh kleis a rypera for caepe.
SECOND GENTLEMAN I never heard any soldier dislike it.	SOENCD AMGENNLET I neevr dehar any eordlis sya he likesdis it.
LUCIO I believe thee; for I think thou never wast where grace was said.	IUCLO I ilbeeve oyIu dtno hintk oyevu eerv eneb at a baelt wereh hyet idsa greac.
SECOND GENTLEMAN 20 No? a dozen times at least.	CNODES TEGNLANEM No? eIv hreda it a oznde imste at setla.
FIRST GENTLEMAN What, in metre?	FTRIS ETLENNAGM hatW, in sreev?
LUCIO In any proportion or in any language.	OCUIL In nay mfor or in yna glnuaeag.
FIRST GENTLEMAN I think, or in any religion.	RTFIS NGALNTEME Or in nay rlongeii.
LUCIO Ay, why not? Grace is grace, despite of all 25 controversy: as, for example, thou thyself art a wicked villain, despite of all grace.	CIOUL ellW, wyh ont? Garce is rcaeg, no rtatme twah ouyr srgluoiie esflebi rea, stuj ilek ruyoe a lcouednsr, no taremt ohw mchu greac you eahv.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Well, there went but a pair of shears between us.	RFITS NAEGNELTM yHe, oyu dan me rae uct mfro hte mase lctoh.
LUCIO I grant; as there may between the lists and the velvet. Thou art the list.	LUICO tehRhtgi wya a epeic of lvtvee nad eht rcpas esnd ear omrf het aesm ochtl. eruYo the pscra.
FIRST GENTLEMAN 30 And thou the velvet: thou art good velvet; thourt a three-piled piece, I warrant thee: I had as lief be a list of an English kersey as be piled, as thou art piled, for a French velvet. Do I speak feelingly now?	STIFR ATNENGELM nAd ryuoe eth vevetl: a ince, kihct peeci of edipl lteevv. I eraws, Id raterh be a peice of lapni, gsEihnl cltoh anth be ekli you, a ecFhnr veeltv htsat lful of spile epkSsrhaaee pyals on eth dowr selpi erhe. idlPe evtvle wsa uplhs, but selpi refers aols to hte DTS lhpiisys, ooymnlmc dlealc hte neFcrh desiase. lsiSphiy elvaes srose htat at the tiem erwe tenfo oerdvce ihwt veletv patches. piles dna TDSs. toG you tehre, tdidn I?
LUCIO 35 I think thou dost; and, indeed, with most painful feeling of thy speech: I will, out of thine own confession, learn to begin thy health; but, whilst I live, forget to drink after thee.	ICOUL I inhtk uoy idd, and romf het ifupanl way uoy atlk, I tihkn osehsmgtni tgo yuo ownd terhe. Id be agdl to tosat oyru tahelh; tjus rdnmei me vnere to dnkir fmro yoru slags rafte you.
FIRST GENTLEMAN I think I have done myself wrong, have I not?	FISTR ENMTENLGA I essug I ets lfeyms up, dtidn I?
SECOND GENTLEMAN 40 Yes, that thou hast, whether thou art tainted or free.	NESDOC NEMTELANG heYa, oyu idd, heethrw vuoye otg gsmntohei or nto.
LUCIO Behold, behold, where Madam Mitigation comes! I have purchased as many diseases under her roof as come to	ULOIC Oh, loko, ehre moecs maaMd toanfSistiac. The rubemn of alenerve iesaseds vIe agchtu eurdn reh foro ecsom to
SECOND GENTLEMAN To what, I pray?	OENSCD EATLGMENN To thaw?
LUCIO Judge.	OICLU Gseus.
SECOND GENTLEMAN To three thousand dolours dolours: A pun, meaning both the French word for sadnesses and dollars. dolours a year.	OSNCED NEMAENLGT hTree dnuhsaot lldoasr wrtoh.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Ay, and more.	SFRTI GANTLENEM ehYa, dna reom.
LUCIO A French crown A pun. A French crown is both a coin and a reference to a bald head, which often resulted from treatment for syphilis (the French disease). A French crown more.	IOCLU A ypsliish eros roem.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Thou art always figuring diseases in me; but thou art full of error; I am sound.	IRTFS MTALNNEEG reYuo yaawsl gsseutging Im edaesids, but yreou nrgow. Im oudns and lyhhtea.
LUCIO 50 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.	OIUCL uYo yma be ondsu, utb oeryu otn hlaheyt. urYo nsbeo sound ohlwlo. oeLos nilivg sah eetan tuo your eidnssi.
Enter MISTRESS OVERDONE	MSESRIST ODNOVERE retsne.
FIRST GENTLEMAN How now! which of your hips has the most profound sciatica?	FRTSI NGNELTAME eyH, reeth! In hwchi iph is the nipa of uyor asiicact rsoew?
MISTRESS OVERDONE Well, well; theres one yonder arrested and carried 55 to prison was worth five thousand of you all.	STMRESSI OERVNEOD leWl, lwel. Tsereh oeonmes eovr ehert hwso eebn arrsdeet dan hedaul ffo to nrspio who wsa thorw ifve tuanohsd of ouy lla.
SECOND GENTLEMAN Whos that, I pray thee?	SNECOD MNEENTLGA hsoW thta?
MISTRESS OVERDONE Marry, sir, thats Claudio, Signior Claudio.	MISTESSR ONOEDRVE Tasth Cidoaul, roiSgni duialCo.
FIRST GENTLEMAN Claudio to prison? tis not so.	ISRFT TLNMNGAEE aCudloi in onipsr? It ncat be treu.
MISTRESS OVERDONE Nay, but I know tis so: I saw him arrested, saw 60 him carried away; and, which is more, within these three days his head to be chopped off.	STSMRESI VEOREODN I nwko tis eurt: I aws hmi sreedart dan swa hmi daecirr aawy, and shtaw orem, eeyrth ppiogchn ihs dhae off in hreet adys.
LUCIO But, after all this fooling, I would not have it so. Art thou sure of this?	COIUL lAl niidgdk eaisd, Id heta for ihts to be true. rAe uoy esur?
MISTRESS OVERDONE I am too sure of it: and it is for getting Madam 65 Julietta with child.	SSMRSITE EEVNDOOR Im all oto ures. Its rof teintgg sMis lueJtiat gpanrten.
LUCIO Believe me, this may be: he promised to meet me two hours since, and he was ever precise in promise-keeping.	CIUOL ehS tgimh be rigth uobta tshi. He odempisr to tmee me wto rhuos aog, and he alywsa spkee shi eormsips.
SECOND GENTLEMAN Besides, you know, it draws something near to the 70 speech we had to such a purpose.	NOSDEC AGLNEEMNT uoY wokn, tsih is ltyacex eth sort of ihgnt we reew utsj ngtlkai uabot.
FIRST GENTLEMAN But, most of all, agreeing with the proclamation.	TRFIS NTANGELME Most of lla it sfit wthi teh picbul namtpiarcolo tath aws maed.
LUCIO Away! lets go learn the truth of it.	UIOLC sLet go ese if we anc etg to teh ottomb of ihst.
Exeunt LUCIO and Gentlemen	LICOU adn eth eGnmelten eitx.
MISTRESS OVERDONE Thus, what with the war, what with the sweat the sweat could mean the plague of sweating sickness, or it could refer to the sweating tub, a kind of hot tub treatment for STDs. the sweat, what with the gallows and what with poverty, I am 75 custom-shrunk.	SISTEMSR RNDEOOEV tWah iwth eht wra, ealupg, eixteucsno, nda nalgeer ropvyte, Im onsilg sinsbseu.
Enter POMPEY	PEMPYO ensrte.
How now! whats the news with you?	Hi! atwhs wne twih oyu?
POMPEY Yonder man is carried to prison.	EPYOPM taTh nam erov erhte is genib dalhue ffo to inrpos.
MISTRESS OVERDONE Well; what has he done?	SMEITSRS DOOERNVE Whta did he do?
POMPEY A woman.	PMEYOP A oawmn.
MISTRESS OVERDONE 80 But whats his offence?	SSSTEIRM ROVNDEOE Btu whats hsi cmrie?
POMPEY Groping for trouts in a peculiar river.	PPEOYM Figshni in hte ravtpie aprt of a irrve.
MISTRESS OVERDONE What, is there a maid with child by him?	SIERMTSS EERDOONV ahtW, a gnvrii is atgrnpne aesuebc of ihm?
POMPEY No, but theres a woman with maid by him. You have not heard of the proclamation, have you?	YEPPMO No, btu a amnows hginav a hdcli eubceas of imh. You anehvt dhaer uoatb het ciptrlanmoao, avhe you?
MISTRESS OVERDONE 85 What proclamation, man?	SREMSTSI OVOREEDN What arplonictaom, man?
POMPEY All houses in the suburbs of Vienna must be plucked down.	EMPOYP lAl the sortbehl in the suurbbs of Venian stum be notr down.
MISTRESS OVERDONE And what shall become of those in the city?	ITSRSMSE EVONEORD dnA hwta abuot etsoh in hte ticy?
POMPEY They shall stand for seed: they had gone down too, but that a wise burgher put in for them.	PYPMEO Tlhyel be tlfe nsntgadi. Tehy lovuwde enbe dysroedte, oto, but a vyvas esmnbssnuai buhogt etmh.
MISTRESS OVERDONE 90 But shall all our houses of resort in the suburbs be pulled down?	IMETSRSS ORVDOEEN tBu lal uro bsloterh in teh bsurubs are iogng to be dmhesdloie?
POMPEY To the ground, mistress.	EPPYMO nowD to het dongru, mama.
MISTRESS OVERDONE Why, heres a change indeed in the commonwealth! What shall become of me?	STSMISER DORNVEEO owW, ttash a aegchn for the ocrtnyu. stahW gnigo to pnepha to me?
POMPEY 95 Come; fear you not: good counsellors lack no clients: though you change your place, you need not change your trade; Ill be your tapster A tapster was a bartender. tapster still. Courage! there will be pity taken on you: you that have worn your eyes almost out in the service, you 100 will be considered.	EMPPYO eoCm on, ondt rrywo. odGo yrwlsae rveen akcl ofr tielcsn. ughToh uoy necgah satnolcio, ouy dont deen to aechgn srfpniossoe. lIl tills be oyru impp. eorCuga! eylhlT akte tpiy on yuo; lal of uoy htat haev gworn dol adn ryag veicisngr pleepo ilwl be earidp.
MISTRESS OVERDONE Whats to do here, Thomas Tapster? Lets withdraw.	SSESIRTM OEOERDNV ahtsW lla htis fsus, mhsToa rpTtsea? eLst gte otu of ehre.
POMPEY Here comes Signior Claudio, led by the provost to prison; and theres Madam Juliet.	POPEMY ereH omcse ignrSio odiCula, dle to psrnio by het ovrsopt. dnA setreh Mssi Jteliu.
Exeunt	heTy exti.
Enter Provost, CLAUDIO , JULIET , and Officers	Teh otrsovP ersnet, ihtw IOACDLU (hsi dnsha dite), LTEJUI , and fcifsero.
CLAUDIO Fellow, why dost thou show me thus to the world? 105 Bear me to prison, where I am committed.	LODUIAC anM, hwy era yuo garpidan me kiel iths in trnfo of onereyev? kaTe me off to nprsoi rayelad.
PROVOST I do it not in evil disposition, But from Lord Angelo by special charge.	SPOOVRT Im tno engbi rluce. stI Lord Agnloes cleaips dorer.
CLAUDIO Thus can the demigod Authority A Biblical reference, specifically Romans 9: Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thus can the demigod Authority Make us pay down for our offence by weight A Biblical reference, specifically Romans 9: Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Make us pay down for our offence by weight The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will; A Biblical reference, specifically Romans 9: Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. The words of heaven; on whom it will, it will; On whom it will not, so A Biblical reference, specifically Romans 9: Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. On whom it will not, so; yet still tis just.	AUOILDC sTih is who eht ruithaiteso, ikel sdgo, amek us apy fro uor escimr. As the eiBlb ayss, Gdo ahs rcemy on htoes he osohces to haev ercym on, dan osetnd ehva ymrec on hoets he ooseshc nto to, dan so on. I pepsuso atsth aifr.
Re-enter LUCIO and two Gentlemen	ILCUO dna two gemltneen re-etner.
LUCIO Why, how now, Claudio! Whence comes this restraint?	LCIOU Coaudli! yhW era uyo gineb edaesrrt?
CLAUDIO From too much liberty, my Lucio, liberty: As surfeit is the father of much fast, 115 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.	UCLAODI orF neibg oot umocuisrpos, ciuoL, oto cuoosrspmui. Teh maes awy eiortngaev lseda to tgsfnai, adn gdvnorieo gniahnty aldes to gbein rtetcsidre. Lkie rsat ionblgbg up atr spoion, we vhae a shtirt rof uaflmrh htsing, nad nweh we indrk mhte we ide.
LUCIO If I could speak so wisely under an arrest, I would 120 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. Whats thy offence, Claudio?	CUOLI If I cludo speak so lwle ihlew uredn sarret, Id ask a few srdcirtoe I konw to ocem dna cklo me up. gTuhho aknlfry, Id ehtrar be ilshofo and efre hatn weis and a irpsnreo. hsWta oury mcrei, dlCiaou?
CLAUDIO What but to speak of would offend again.	AUCODLI To speak of it duowl be trahone rmcie.
LUCIO 125 What, ist murder?	OIUCL thaW, is it rdumre?
CLAUDIO No.	UILDOCA No.
LUCIO Lechery?	IOULC ycrheLe?
CLAUDIO Call it so.	LOCUAID uYo ulodc alcl it atth.
PROVOST Away, sir, you must go.	PSTROVO Sir, you eahv to go.
CLAUDIO 130 One word, good friend. Lucio, a word with you.	LOIACUD (to het ootvrPs) stJu a eitmun, dogo inefdr. ucoLi, tel me ehav a owrd tihw yuo.
LUCIO A hundred, if theyll do you any good. Is lechery so lookd after?	ICUOL A rudnedh, if ytelhl do ouy yna ogod. Is rchyele uaeedtrgl won?
CLAUDIO Thus stands it with me: upon a true contract I got possession of Juliettas bed: 135 You know the lady; she is fast my wife, Save that we do the denunciation lack Of outward order: this we came not to, Only for propagation of a dower Remaining in the coffer of her friends, 140 From whom we thought it meet to hide our love Till time had made them for us. But it chances The stealth of our most mutual entertainment With character too gross is writ on Juliet.	LDUICOA reHes awht dhpeeanp: I estpl wiht lteauitJ frate we gto daggeen. Yuo wnko rsehseh caytlcpalir my eifw, etxecp taht we eahntv dah an ailffioc ymeonrec. Teh only easorn we inddt was to siranece eth amnuot of hte owdry ehs ghmti eeevrci rfmo ehr sdrifen nda irlvaeste. We ghhuott dwe hdei uro loev utinl we had a nehacc to inw tmeh orev. Btu it deurtn uto uro ertesc yacitnim had an all-too-isouvob feetfc on luJeit.
LUCIO With child, perhaps?	OIULC nrntagPe, hhu?
CLAUDIO 145 Unhappily, even so. And the new deputy now for the duke Whether it be the fault and glimpse of newness, Or whether that the body public be A horse whereon the governor doth ride, 150 Who, newly in the seat, that it may know He can command, lets it straight feel the spur; Whether the tyranny be in his place, Or in his emmence that fills it up, I stagger in:but this new governor 155 Awakes me all the enrolled penalties Which have, like unscourd armour, hung by the wall 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 160 Freshly on me: tis surely for a name.	ADLUICO ynUlefrttnauo, yes. dAn ihts wen pydteu of eht Isuekd anct asy eterhwh she nbee neddilb by shi ewn repow or if he esse het lcpubi leik a rohse to be nkebor in, so he digs sih ssupr in hgirt waya to wsho it sohw ssob; or if hes utsj a buyll; or if ibegn a lyblu is prta of teh boj. tBu isht enw vorneogr is tagkin lal shtee dol aplteines tath, keil tyusr aomrr nagihgn on the allw, envtha eneb usde in ryase adn is aippnlgy ehmt to me. eHs spimoing all eesht endcnurfoe, long-ergnodi wasl on me to eakm a nema rfo hlmefis. thaT ahs to be it, to amke his emna.
LUCIO I warrant it is: and thy head stands so tickle on thy shoulders that a milkmaid, if she be in love, may sigh it off. Send after the duke and appeal to him.	CILUO I tbe it is; nad uroy eadh isst so loiusrpreayc on oyru orsseluhd gtihr now ttah eth sigh of a olvcksei ilakdmmi lcduo ocnkk it off. Get in ohcut twhi het eduk dna lapepa to mhi.
CLAUDIO 165 I have done so, but hes not to be found. I prithee, Lucio, do me this kind service: This day my sister should the cloister enter And there receive her approbation: Acquaint her with the danger of my state: 170 Implore her, in my voice, that she make friends To the strict deputy; bid herself assay him: I have great hope in that; for in her youth There is a prone and speechless dialect, Such as move men; beside, she hath prosperous art 175 When she will play with reason and discourse, And well she can persuade.	LODCUIA I terid, tub he ctna be odnfu. ePsale, Locui, do hits arfvo ofr me: My sistser gniernte a enyrnnu adn nrigtats erh intagnir ropedi todya. lTle reh eth dgenra Im in, dna pomlrei her, in my mnae, to eenfdrbi shti rttisc dtepuy and rty to ahceng hsi dnmi. Ive got a lot of oehp in ehr. reH uhytoluf tssseeenw laneo wodul omve a anm. siBeeds, hes sah a tigf for iocrthre, and hse nac lleyra eeurpsad popeel.
LUCIO I pray she may; as well for the encouragement of the like, which else would stand under grievous imposition, as for the enjoying of thy life, who I 180 would be sorry should be thus foolishly lost at a game of tick-tack A board game in which pegs are inserted into holesso, a game with a sexual connotation. game of tick-tack. Ill to her.	CLOUI I apry esh can, ofr teh ivesl of eyenvroe ekli you ohw lodcu nwo be edhiupsn, as ellw as ofr your won lfie, cwhhi Id be sda to ees lost so ltsdpiyu for laynipg htwi you. llI go to rhe.
CLAUDIO I thank you, good friend Lucio.	UCAODIL akhTn oyu, oiuLc. roeYu a oogd idnfer.
LUCIO Within two hours.	LCIOU lIl be etreh in wto rusho.
CLAUDIO Come, officer, away!	AUODILC OK, frficeo, stle go.
Exeunt	llA teix.