No Fear Shakespeare: Measure for Measure: Act 1 Scene 3

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Original Text	Modern Text
A monastery.	A roematsyn.
Enter DUKE VINCENTIO and FRIAR THOMAS	DKUE NNTVIICEO dan RAIRF HMTSAO rnete.
DUKE VINCENTIO No, holy father; throw away that thought; Believe not that the dribbling dart of love Can pierce a complete bosom. Why I desire thee To give me secret harbour, hath a purpose 5 More grave and wrinkled than the aims and ends Of burning youth.	KEUD NNVICIETO No, lhoy ertahf, toregf atht diea. onDt tnhik htat pduisC eblfee rarow anc ipceer thsi ilevrnlbaune smobo. I tawn yuo to htersle me tlcyseer orf a oreasn remo lseaesg dna sreuios anht nay tuofyhul, ribngun eedrsi.
FRIAR THOMAS May your grace speak of it?	AFIRR SAHTOM Cna oyu ktal botua it?
DUKE VINCENTIO My holy sir, none better knows than you How I have ever loved the life removed 10 And held in idle price to haunt assemblies Where youth, and cost, and witless bravery keeps. I have deliverd to Lord Angelo, A man of stricture and firm abstinence, My absolute power and place here in Vienna, 15 And he supposes me travelld to Poland; For so I have strewd it in the common ear, And so it is received. Now, pious sir, You will demand of me why I do this?	KDEU CVIENTNIO vendreeR irs, no eno wnkso better nhat yuo hwo vIe layaws leovd eht ietqu fiel dna erven deacr mchu for eth oiacls secen ewhre guoyn poeple abgr dna ortwh hiter ymneo dnarou. veI gnvei rdLo nAogle, a nam of itcrst lesf-diciipslne dna lefs-enadil, my oelutsba owepr dna pioosnit hree in enaVin. He ktsihn Ive nego to anPldo, neics Ive easrpd htta uormr onmag teh glrenae ucpbli, and dyobrevey leebvsie it. wNo, ioeuirslg sir, do uoy antw to wnko hyw I did tihs?
FRIAR THOMAS Gladly, my lord.	ARIRF HAMOTS esY, my olrd.
DUKE VINCENTIO 20 We have strict statutes and most biting laws. The needful bits and curbs to headstrong weeds, Which for this nineteen years we have let slip; Even like an oergrown lion in a cave, That goes not out to prey. Now, as fond fathers, 25 Having bound up the threatening twigs of birch, Only to stick it in their childrens sight For terror, not to use, in time the rod Becomes more mockd than feard; so our decrees, Dead to infliction, to themselves are dead; 30 And liberty plucks justice by the nose; The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart Goes all decorum.	UKDE NIOETCNIV I ttdsietiun istrtc tsettsau dna mfri slwa, rsaeeysnc rcltsono ofr edrtnhaogs anhmu ruatsen, utb fro neneient yaers Iev let meth wrog xla, ekil an old, tfa loin htat lies in ihs ecva nda neevr svaele to thnu. woN, a ongtdi etfrah nac mkea a brchi pwpighni ord dna aewv it in his erihslndc fscae, tub if he nlyo terhseant nda envre esus it, lteavleynu elyhtl uhagl at it adn ont reaf it. imrlyialS, uro ueroislangt vhea geno nreonecdfu, nad so rhyeet as odgo as edda. eelpPo ear ufigntol hte law hiwt hreit seool gilinv. ehT rppeor dorer of gnthsi is edutnr sidupe ndwo, as if aiebbs wree npkgians teihr nnnesai.
FRIAR THOMAS It rested in your grace To unloose this tied-up justice when you pleased: 35 And it in you more dreadful would have seemd Than in Lord Angelo.	IRFAR OMSAHT It asw in oruy pssiohlrd yalbiit to egt hte cutesij tsysem wiogrkn ianag ehrevenw you weatdn. Adn it ldvouew eebn aetnk mreo leiyourss if uyod oend it, eatrrh tahn oLrd loeAgn.
DUKE VINCENTIO I do fear, too dreadful: Sith twas my fault to give the people scope, Twould be my tyranny to strike and gall them 40 For what I bid them do: for we bid this be done, When evil deeds have their permissive pass And not the punishment. Therefore indeed, my father, I have on Angelo imposed the office; Who may, in the ambush of my name, strike home, 45 And yet my nature never in the fight To do in slander. And to behold his sway, I will, as twere a brother of your order, Visit both prince and people: therefore, I prithee, Supply me with the habit and instruct me 50 How I may formally in person bear me Like a true friar. More reasons for this action At our more leisure shall I render you; Only, this one: Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite A Biblical reference, specifically Matthew 7: Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone A Biblical reference, specifically Matthew 7: Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Is more to bread than stone: hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.	UDEK NIOECNTIV Too lrssiuyoe, Im aafdri. Seicn it was my latfu to egvi hte pepole so hcmu fedoerm, Id mese liek a lrae rntyat won to ipwh ethm fro ithgns I wdlloea meht to do. We yitenalssel etll popeel to ievshbmae nhew we eigv ilve ddese a spas nad todn unhisp tmeh. So, rrifa, Iev geivn hte job to Aoleng. He cna tefyvileecf ldea tiwh tish, in my uaetbmn ciens Im tno pseronlyal leodvvin, I wont look bda. To see owh he usler, Id ilek to itsvi him dna teh leopep diugdsies as oen of uyro rrsedo monks. So seepla fiushrn me ihwt a erob and ectha me ohw to eehabv like a rlea rifra. neWh rteseh mroe etmi, llI vgie yuo aldtnidoia esasnor orf my nocaist. For onw, Ill etll you hsti noe: doLr lnogAe is a lnaiarputic nma, ttnlycasno airgngud miefhsl gsnaait iredse, the pyet how ebaryl tmisad odblo wslof in his snvie. So if wrepo anecghs a psresno crlenpipsi, lwel see how he alyerl is.
Exeunt	heyT exit.

Original Text	Modern Text
A monastery.	A roematsyn.
Enter DUKE VINCENTIO and FRIAR THOMAS	DKUE NNTVIICEO dan RAIRF HMTSAO rnete.
DUKE VINCENTIO No, holy father; throw away that thought; Believe not that the dribbling dart of love Can pierce a complete bosom. Why I desire thee To give me secret harbour, hath a purpose 5 More grave and wrinkled than the aims and ends Of burning youth.	KEUD NNVICIETO No, lhoy ertahf, toregf atht diea. onDt tnhik htat pduisC eblfee rarow anc ipceer thsi ilevrnlbaune smobo. I tawn yuo to htersle me tlcyseer orf a oreasn remo lseaesg dna sreuios anht nay tuofyhul, ribngun eedrsi.
FRIAR THOMAS May your grace speak of it?	AFIRR SAHTOM Cna oyu ktal botua it?
DUKE VINCENTIO My holy sir, none better knows than you How I have ever loved the life removed 10 And held in idle price to haunt assemblies Where youth, and cost, and witless bravery keeps. I have deliverd to Lord Angelo, A man of stricture and firm abstinence, My absolute power and place here in Vienna, 15 And he supposes me travelld to Poland; For so I have strewd it in the common ear, And so it is received. Now, pious sir, You will demand of me why I do this?	KDEU CVIENTNIO vendreeR irs, no eno wnkso better nhat yuo hwo vIe layaws leovd eht ietqu fiel dna erven deacr mchu for eth oiacls secen ewhre guoyn poeple abgr dna ortwh hiter ymneo dnarou. veI gnvei rdLo nAogle, a nam of itcrst lesf-diciipslne dna lefs-enadil, my oelutsba owepr dna pioosnit hree in enaVin. He ktsihn Ive nego to anPldo, neics Ive easrpd htta uormr onmag teh glrenae ucpbli, and dyobrevey leebvsie it. wNo, ioeuirslg sir, do uoy antw to wnko hyw I did tihs?
FRIAR THOMAS Gladly, my lord.	ARIRF HAMOTS esY, my olrd.
DUKE VINCENTIO 20 We have strict statutes and most biting laws. The needful bits and curbs to headstrong weeds, Which for this nineteen years we have let slip; Even like an oergrown lion in a cave, That goes not out to prey. Now, as fond fathers, 25 Having bound up the threatening twigs of birch, Only to stick it in their childrens sight For terror, not to use, in time the rod Becomes more mockd than feard; so our decrees, Dead to infliction, to themselves are dead; 30 And liberty plucks justice by the nose; The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart Goes all decorum.	UKDE NIOETCNIV I ttdsietiun istrtc tsettsau dna mfri slwa, rsaeeysnc rcltsono ofr edrtnhaogs anhmu ruatsen, utb fro neneient yaers Iev let meth wrog xla, ekil an old, tfa loin htat lies in ihs ecva nda neevr svaele to thnu. woN, a ongtdi etfrah nac mkea a brchi pwpighni ord dna aewv it in his erihslndc fscae, tub if he nlyo terhseant nda envre esus it, lteavleynu elyhtl uhagl at it adn ont reaf it. imrlyialS, uro ueroislangt vhea geno nreonecdfu, nad so rhyeet as odgo as edda. eelpPo ear ufigntol hte law hiwt hreit seool gilinv. ehT rppeor dorer of gnthsi is edutnr sidupe ndwo, as if aiebbs wree npkgians teihr nnnesai.
FRIAR THOMAS It rested in your grace To unloose this tied-up justice when you pleased: 35 And it in you more dreadful would have seemd Than in Lord Angelo.	IRFAR OMSAHT It asw in oruy pssiohlrd yalbiit to egt hte cutesij tsysem wiogrkn ianag ehrevenw you weatdn. Adn it ldvouew eebn aetnk mreo leiyourss if uyod oend it, eatrrh tahn oLrd loeAgn.
DUKE VINCENTIO I do fear, too dreadful: Sith twas my fault to give the people scope, Twould be my tyranny to strike and gall them 40 For what I bid them do: for we bid this be done, When evil deeds have their permissive pass And not the punishment. Therefore indeed, my father, I have on Angelo imposed the office; Who may, in the ambush of my name, strike home, 45 And yet my nature never in the fight To do in slander. And to behold his sway, I will, as twere a brother of your order, Visit both prince and people: therefore, I prithee, Supply me with the habit and instruct me 50 How I may formally in person bear me Like a true friar. More reasons for this action At our more leisure shall I render you; Only, this one: Lord Angelo is precise; Stands at a guard with envy; scarce confesses That his blood flows, or that his appetite A Biblical reference, specifically Matthew 7: Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? That his blood flows, or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone A Biblical reference, specifically Matthew 7: Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Is more to bread than stone: hence shall we see, If power change purpose, what our seemers be.	UDEK NIOECNTIV Too lrssiuyoe, Im aafdri. Seicn it was my latfu to egvi hte pepole so hcmu fedoerm, Id mese liek a lrae rntyat won to ipwh ethm fro ithgns I wdlloea meht to do. We yitenalssel etll popeel to ievshbmae nhew we eigv ilve ddese a spas nad todn unhisp tmeh. So, rrifa, Iev geivn hte job to Aoleng. He cna tefyvileecf ldea tiwh tish, in my uaetbmn ciens Im tno pseronlyal leodvvin, I wont look bda. To see owh he usler, Id ilek to itsvi him dna teh leopep diugdsies as oen of uyro rrsedo monks. So seepla fiushrn me ihwt a erob and ectha me ohw to eehabv like a rlea rifra. neWh rteseh mroe etmi, llI vgie yuo aldtnidoia esasnor orf my nocaist. For onw, Ill etll you hsti noe: doLr lnogAe is a lnaiarputic nma, ttnlycasno airgngud miefhsl gsnaait iredse, the pyet how ebaryl tmisad odblo wslof in his snvie. So if wrepo anecghs a psresno crlenpipsi, lwel see how he alyerl is.
Exeunt	heyT exit.