No Fear Shakespeare: Measure for Measure: Act 4 Scene 2

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A room in the prison.	A moro in teh osnipr.
Enter Provost and POMPEY	hTe vosoPrt dna OPPMEY enrte.
PROVOST Come hither, sirrah. Can you cut off a mans head?	OROPSVT eomC rhee, yuo. Can oyu ctu fof a snam deah?
POMPEY If the man be a bachelor, sir, I can; but if he be a married man, hes his wifes head a pun, referring both to the Biblical idea of the husband as the head of the wife (Ephesians 5:23) and the husband owning his wifes maidenhead (virginity) wifes head, and I can never cut off a womans head.	PYOMEP If eth snam a abrloche, irs, I nca. Btu if ehs a rdieram man, she olas his iwfse hade, and I acn vreen utc off a nomasw hade.
PROVOST 5 Come, sir, leave me your snatches, and yield me a direct answer. To-morrow morning are to die Claudio and Barnardine. Here is in our prison a common executioner, who in his office lacks a helper: if you will take it on you to assist him, it shall 10 redeem you from your gyves; if not, you shall have your full time of imprisonment and your deliverance with an unpitied whipping, for you have been a notorious bawd.	PSVROTO Coem on, irs, esarp me yuor jokse adn geiv me a rtsagith wrsnae. Coaldiu and iBrrdaaenn rea to ied mtwororo rgnnomi. eerH in uor osripn we evah a cbplui xreeonictue, ohw nedes a peehlr. If olyul ekta on eht ojb of issaignst mhi, tlil rfee ouy ormf uyor sanich. If yuo ondt, lyluo evah to vrese rouy lufl tenencse, wtih a rfeeci nphipgiw boreef reyou adleeesr ebsueca ovyue eebn a uostoroni ippm.
POMPEY Sir, I have been an unlawful bawd time out of mind; 15 but yet I will be content to be a lawful hangman. I would be glad to receive some instruction from my fellow partner.	PEYPOM Sri, eIv been an lgialle mipp rof oenglr hnat I nac emmbreer, tbu lIl be phpay to be a alleg nagnamh. Id be lagd rfo my new nreartp to hatec me.
PROVOST What, ho! Abhorson! Wheres Abhorson, there?	POTOSVR yeH, nrsoohbA the neam icosbemn the dwrso abhro adn osenrohw (osn of a whore) Abhorson! Wehre are yuo, rsonbohA?
Enter ABHORSON	SOORNBAH (the executioner) netsre.
ABHORSON Do you call, sir?	OHRASBON diD uyo acll, irs?
PROVOST 20 Sirrah, heres a fellow will help you to-morrow in your execution. If you think it meet, compound with him by the year, and let him abide here with you; if not, use him for the present and dismiss him. He cannot plead his estimation with you; he hath been a bawd.	PROTOVS eerHs a wfleol to lehp uyo ithw rowosmtor ncixeetuos. If he swokr otu, etelst on an ulanna layars dna tle ihm stay eerh hwti you. If he esdont, eus ihm utjs rfo own and hten refi ihm. He ctna malci to be oto oogd rof teh rokw ensci hse neeb a pimp.
ABHORSON 25 A bawd, sir? fie upon him! he will discredit our mystery.	RHNASBOO A mipp, rsi? To lhle htwi hmi! lHel tcdsediri oru rosspfoine.
PROVOST Go to, sir; you weigh equally; a feather will turn the scale.	SOTVOPR Go on, isr. oYu wto ear wohtr the meas. No mreo tanh a ghwserettaehfi necrfeedfi, ayanyw.
Exit	He txsie.
POMPEY Pray, sir, by your good favour,for surely, sir, a good favour you have, but that you have a hanging 30 look,do you call, sir, your occupation a mystery?	YMPPEO iSr, uoldw uoy laosrepfe yuo do aevh a spgnalei fcae, ectexp rfo uyro nnhigag rnxslolipeetse me if yuo alcl uroy boj a foioprssne?
ABHORSON Ay, sir; a mystery	NBASOHOR seY, sir, a frosspoien.
POMPEY Painting, sir, I have heard say, is a mystery; and your whores, sir, being members of my occupation, using painting, do prove my occupation a mystery: 35 but what mystery there should be in hanging, if I should be hanged, I cannot imagine.	PYOMEP veI haerd it iads atth tipigann, rsi, is a ispoofsren, nad nesic hrhoesoww rea in my dfitnpaile trhei efasc, thye ovrpe my ooatcucpin is a eissopforn. But lIl be naedhg if I cna geiaimn ohw ghiangn is a soosfenpri.
ABHORSON Sir, it is a mystery.	NSAHBORO iSr, it is a rpsiofnoes.
POMPEY Proof?	MEPYPO naC yuo voerp it?
ABHORSON Every true mans apparel fits your thief: if it be 40 too little for your thief, your true man thinks it big enough; if it be too big for your thief, your thief thinks it little enough: so every true mans apparel fits your thief.	NOHBROAS A ifeht eltass and utsp on eth lcohets of an hnseot amn. If het hifte hnkist het ethoslc ntod mkae mih esem hetosn ohgneu, a rtluy enoths mna will tihkn htsta iertaaroppp. If teh fethi kshnti eht ehtoscl ekma hmi msee txear esthno, neht hte htefi ntsihk teh eisuisgd ftsi sjtu hirgt. So neoeosm is yawasl hpayp whti the way the uesigsdi rkwso rof the fithe.
Re-enter Provost	The Posvtro re-nerest.
PROVOST Are you agreed?	SOORTPV vHea oyu rhcedea an mreengaet?
POMPEY 45 Sir, I will serve him; for I do find your hangman is a more penitent trade than your bawd; he doth oftener ask forgiveness.	OEYPMP iSr, Ill orwk rof mih, esuabce I ikhtn a nasanghm jbo is a irrreso oen anht a sppmi he kass vfgosnseier emor foten an eetcuenroxi iitndalyoatrl dkaes teh cendeomdn pesrno to ofiregv mhi just erbeof eth execution he skas rvisoegefsn reom often.
PROVOST You, sirrah, provide your block and your axe to-morrow four oclock.	OSVRTOP uYo, woellf, ehav oruy colbk nda rouy aex adyre orwtromo at rfou oclcok.
ABHORSON 50 Come on, bawd; I will instruct thee in my trade; follow.	HNSABOOR Coem on, mipp, llI sohw ouy eht oeprs. Folowl me.
POMPEY I do desire to learn, sir: and I hope, if you have occasion to use me for your own turn, you shall find me yare; for truly, sir, for your kindness I owe you a good turn.	PEPYMO I twna to rnale, irs. ndA I opeh, if uoy evre get teh chnace to sue me rfo ouyr won inucextoe, yullo dfin me earyd. useaBec, ralyel, I eow uyo a odgo unrt rof royu sksnenid.
POMPEY and ABHORSON exit.	YPOMEP dna ORNASHBO xtie.
PROVOST 55 Call hither Barnardine and Claudio: The one has my pity; not a jot the other, Being a murderer, though he were my brother.	OTOVRPS lalC ienBdranra dna aCiulod reeh. I itpy noe, but tno eht ehrto, enev if he rwee my rhetobr, as esh a edrerumr.
Enter CLAUDIO	DOILCUA resnet.
Look, heres the warrant, Claudio, for thy death: Tis now dead midnight, and by eight to-morrow 60 Thou must be made immortal. Wheres Barnardine?	kooL, Cudilao, ehser rouy eahdt rwatarn. stI now ddae iimgthnd, nda by 8 a.m. rmworoto yuo tsum be dlai to rtelean rest. reWhes enBdanirar?
CLAUDIO As fast lockd up in sleep as guiltless labour When it lies starkly in the travellers bones: He will not wake.	LUAIDOC As astf peslea as hte sotm itneonnc of dtxeehsua rerobasl. He nwto eawk up.
PROVOST Who can do good on him? 65 Well, go, prepare yourself.	TOPORSV oWh lcodu do mih yna dgoo, ayanwy? Well, go, eaprepr fuerloys.
Knocking within	(knocking is eahdr offstage)
But, hark, what noise? Heaven give your spirits comfort!	Wtsah htta esnio? (to Claudio) anHeev evgi oyur ispirts ocrftmo!
Exit CLAUDIO	IUADCOL itsxe.
By and by. I hope it is some pardon or reprieve 70 For the most gentle Claudio.	In a umneti. I peho sit soem oapdnr or erveprei rof teelng loduiaC.
Enter DUKE VINCENTIO disguised as before	KUDE OTCNIEVIN rentse, uidsdgies as a iarfr.
Welcome father.	emWocle, efraht.
DUKE VINCENTIO The best and wholesomest spirts of the night Envelope you, good Provost! Who calld here of late?	DKEU ICINTVENO ehT stbe, stom eomleshow gthni spirtsi dsunrruo oyu, ogod srvPoot! Wsho eebn hree ltaeyl?
PROVOST None, since the curfew rung.	ORTVSPO No oen, eicns teh wcfrue ebll ugnr at 9:00 p.m. curfew lble argn.
DUKE VINCENTIO 75 Not Isabel?	EUDK VIINOTNEC oNt asIlbe?
PROVOST No.	RTOPVSO No.
DUKE VINCENTIO They will, then, eret be long.	DUEK NTCNIIVOE nSoeoem llwi be, enth, robefe gnlo.
PROVOST What comfort is for Claudio?	PSROTVO Is ehetr any ewsn to geiv ootfcrm to dCloaiu?
DUKE VINCENTIO Theres some in hope.	DUKE EOIINTNCV hserTe rmofotc in ehpo.
PROVOST 80 It is a bitter deputy.	PSOVTRO glsoenA a ceurl tuyped.
DUKE VINCENTIO Not so, not so; his life is paralleld Even with the stroke and line of his great justice: He doth with holy abstinence subdue That in himself which he spurs on his power 85 To qualify in others: were he meald with that Which he corrects, then were he tyrannous; But this being so, hes just.	KEDU INENITOVC No, no. iHs ifel rellalaps teh msae trhgsita line taht ish gymhti tuijsec rwdas. tihW oeisgliru tatrsrnei, he eesusppssr in hslmeif the smae eiussmlp he esupreecst in ehorst. If he erew tadseni thwi the rsot of snis he siepnhus, tneh edh be a ntytar. uBt esecbua hse voturisu, ehs iraf.
Knocking within	(knocking is ahder offstage)
Now are they come.	heyrTe rhee.
Exit Provost	Teh svotroP txise.
This is a gentle provost: seldom when 90 The steeled gaoler is the friend of men.	shiT oovrtsp is a eicn anm. Ist erra atht a ehrednad erailj hsa sthyapym rfo ish feolwl emn.
Knocking within	(knocking is hrade offstage)
How now! what noise? That spirits possessed with haste That wounds the unsisting postern with these strokes.	haWt is tath oeisn? tTha sessrenmeg so miientapt ehs inggo to hrut hatt opor ordo hwit ish ignkonck.
Re-enter Provost	The tPsoovr re-nerest.
PROVOST There he must stay until the officer Arise to let him in: he is calld up.	VOTROPS esH stkcu rehet uintl eht reficfo at hte egat aweks up to tel mih in. hTe socfefir up own.
DUKE VINCENTIO 95 Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow?	EKDU IVENNCIOT naevHt oyu eedirvce ayn odrer eyt dcngnminaoetur Cdlouasi ecotxeiun roomwotr?
PROVOST None, sir, none.	ROPVOTS oNen, sir, noen.
DUKE VINCENTIO As near the dawning, provost, as it is, You shall hear more ere morning.	DUEK IOCEITNNV Even ohhugt its lotmsa nwda, tproovs, llouy aehv senw erobef rnmgnoi.
PROVOST 100 Happily You something know; yet I believe there comes No countermand; no such example have we: Besides, upon the very siege of justice Lord Angelo hath to the public ear 105 Professd the contrary.	VROPSTO hrepsaP you ownk thsnegomi. utB I otnd nhitk yan epiveerr is goinmc. eehTrs no ecdprnete orf it. Bsesdie, dLro negolA ledeacrd teh otioespp, in ucpbil, frmo the esudgj ecbhn.
Enter a Messenger	A sengrMese nrtsee.
This is his lordships man.	Thsi is his lhpdssoir rvseant.
DUKE VINCENTIO And here comes Claudios pardon.	KEDU IONTVINCE dnA here smceo ioausdCl nprdoa.
MESSENGER (Giving a paper) My lord hath sent you this note; and by me this 110 further charge, that you swerve not from the smallest article of it, neither in time, matter, or other circumstance. Good morrow; for, as I take it, it is almost day.	MEESREGSN (pretnseing a paper) My odlr has sent uyo itsh tone, dna rcdhgae me to tlel you not to wersve mofr hte lssatlme mtei in onitt hte etmi, dtlaesi, or antgnyhi sele. ooGd oginmrn, scnie I etaghr its amslto gmrinno.
PROVOST I shall obey him.	SVRPTOO I liwl ybeo ihm.
Exit Messenger	hTe sgrseeeMn etisx.
DUKE VINCENTIO 115 (Aside) This is his pardon, purchased by such sin For which the pardoner himself is in. Hence hath offence his quick celerity, When it is born in high authority: When vice makes mercy, mercys so extended, 120 That for the faults love is the offender friended. Now, sir, what news?	UDEK EONNCITIV (to himself) shiT is sih radnpo, uogthb by eht emsa sni nlgoeA tdcmeiomt. meiCsr prdsae ycqiklu newh hotse in oewrp errptapeet ehtm as lelw. Wenh eldsriove nexetd cemry, yhet dweni yesmcr prasg, arndngiop herto sersnni aceebsu ehyt vole hte sni. woN, rsi, thwsa the senw?
PROVOST I told you. Lord Angelo, belike thinking me remiss in mine office, awakens me with this unwonted putting-on; methinks strangely, for he hath not used it before.	PROSVTO I lodt uoy. Lrdo nAgoel, kngiihnt me cesasrel in my udsite eamyb, is ptnutgi nlusuau eesrpsur on me. Ist astesehrgn erevn onde siht obreef.
DUKE VINCENTIO 125 Pray you, lets hear.	KEDU OICNVNIET saPele, slte eahr eth etrlte.
PROVOST (Reads) Whatsoever you may hear to the contrary, let Claudio be executed by four of the clock; and in the afternoon Barnardine: for my better satisfaction, 130 let me have Claudios head sent me by five. Let this be duly performed; with a thought that more depends on it than we must yet deliver. Thus fail not to do your office, as you will answer it at your peril. What say you to this, sir?	OVPSTOR (reads) reeWathv uyo aym hera to teh nrtcyora, veha liudCao dtuexcee by uorf clkooc, nda nnriBadear in the naoorefnt. sauRrees me by nigesdn me oliCduas aedh by efvi oclkco. Be esur ouy do it, dan be arwae taht rmeo pdeedsn on it hant I cna rlevae at tish iemt. ontD ailf to do rouy tduy, or oyu iwll be ehdl tbloaeuncca. hWta do uoy yas to tihs, rsi?
DUKE VINCENTIO 135 What is that Barnardine who is to be executed in the afternoon?	UDEK EIOINVNCT Woh is stih aBirrdaenn swoh to be uedxetec in teh aoftneonr?
PROVOST A Bohemian born, but here nursed un and bred; one that is a prisoner nine years old.	RPOSOTV He saw ornb in oaBmhei, ubt dirsea eerh. Hse enbe a ersinpor ofr eht stal ienn yresa.
DUKE VINCENTIO How came it that the absent duke had not either 140 delivered him to his liberty or executed him? I have heard it was ever his manner to do so.	DEUK CVNOEITIN woH idd it nhapep ahtt teh ebatsn kude terhein rfede hmi rno eecetdxu mhi? eIv rhead he lylasuu sode eno or het oehtr.
PROVOST His friends still wrought reprieves for him: and, indeed, his fact, till now in the government of Lord Angelo, came not to an undoubtful proof.	PRSOOTV iararneBdsn fersndi ptek tggitne mhi riseerpev. nAd ether was no learc edeenvic atth he was latcyula iygutl, tilun nwo, ehnw elAngo eacm to ewopr.
DUKE VINCENTIO 145 It is now apparent?	EDKU NCINTEOVI tsI crela nwo?
PROVOST Most manifest, and not denied by himself.	TOPVOSR yVre arelc, nda he netsdo enyd it lfhemsi.
DUKE VINCENTIO Hath he born himself penitently in prison? how seems he to be touched?	EDUK INVIETCON aHs he whons moesrre ihlwe in nsiorp? tahW ffceet sha it hda on him?
PROVOST A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but 150 as a drunken sleep; careless, reckless, and fearless of whats past, present, or to come; insensible of mortality, and desperately mortal.	PRSOOTV seH a nam who afesr detha as no rwsoe hnta a enkurdn peesl. eHs cssrelea, sekerscl, dan rasflsee of het astp, epnestr, or uruetf. Hes neuwraa of teh tpocenc of tedha, and eesdalrpety lgiginnc to efil.
DUKE VINCENTIO He wants advice.	EDUK OTCNEINVI He neesd sngcieuoln.
PROVOST He will hear none: he hath evermore had the liberty 155 of the prison; give him leave to escape hence, he would not: drunk many times a day, if not many days entirely drunk. We have very oft awaked him, as if to carry him to execution, and showed him a seeming warrant for it: it hath not moved him at all.	OORPSVT He nwot nitlse to any. sHe ywsaal had eht rfemdeo to go eyrhwnea sidnie hte rnopsi. If yuo aegv imh a hanecc to ecpesa, he unwldot nur. eHs nrduk amny setmi a ayd, or pnsdse namy sayd itenelry urnkd. nOetf, eewv wekno imh up, as if to ktae mih to be edcxteeu, dna hwosn him a pndtree wnrrata. tIs vrene fteadcef him at lal.
DUKE VINCENTIO 160 More of him anon. There is written in your brow, provost, honesty and constancy: if I read it not truly, my ancient skill beguiles me; but, in the boldness of my cunning, I will lay myself in hazard. Claudio, whom here you have warrant to execute, is 165 no greater forfeit to the law than Angelo who hath sentenced him. To make you understand this in a manifested effect, I crave but four days respite; for the which you are to do me both a present and a dangerous courtesy.	DKUE ENNIVOITC oMre of ihm oons. tPorsvo, I ese sothyen dna tylaoyl in uoyr cafe. If Im gwonr, my old lkils at dngaeri olepep eisecevd me, ubt ceebaus Im tdeoicnfn of my litibya, llI eatk a haeccn. aClodiu, wmoh you evha a antarwr to euxeetc, essevred to die no remo htna eognAl, owh cetesnden ihm. I cna cyrelal oesetrnmadt hits, btu I dnee urfo ydas, so Im nggio to ksa you to do me an aimeiemtd nad udrgsenao oravf.
PROVOST 170 Pray, sir, in what?	OVTRSPO hWat is it, sir?
DUKE VINCENTIO In the delaying death.	DKEU INCEIOVTN lyaeD teh aedth.
PROVOST A lack, how may I do it, having the hour limited, and an express command, under penalty, to deliver his head in the view of Angelo? I may make my case 175 as Claudios, to cross this in the smallest.	OPRTVOS Srory, ubt how anc I, itwh eht eitm fexdi and an ipxcleti mmdcona to lervedi shi deha to elognA, at srki of aylnpte? lIl fnid femysl in oldiCsau soehs if I rwesev rmof this in neev teh estlalms awy.
DUKE VINCENTIO By the vow of mine order I warrant you, if my instructions may be your guide. Let this Barnardine be this morning executed, and his head born to Angelo.	DUKE NVOTNIICE By my lhoy svow, I euanetrga yrou yaestf if oyu owfoll my rotcnitnsusi. ceeutEx hits adnBanerri htsi gorimnn, adn teka sih ahed to gelAno.
PROVOST Angelo hath seen them both, and will discover the favour.	VTOORSP selngoA eesn ohtb of meht, dna ilwl zgeeniroc eht ecfa.
DUKE VINCENTIO 180 O, deaths a great disguiser; and you may add to it. Shave the head, and tie the beard; and say it was the desire of the penitent to be so bared before his death: you know the course is common. If any thing fall to you upon this, more than thanks and good 185 fortune, by the saint whom I profess, I will plead against it with my life.	KUED NVOIINCET Oh, htsade a atgre eidgurssi, dan yuo anc pelh dgssiuei imh eorm. hvSae ihs daeh dna rimt sih baedr, dna ays it asw teh sporsenri qurstee to be dasveh eorefb sih edath. oYu nowk satht a omncom ghtni. If hnainytg nshappe to yuo aseucbe of shsiitdea mfro ntkhsa and good eutfnro by het ratonp tsnia of my bohrheodotr, llI pleda ntaagsi it thiw my ilef.
PROVOST Pardon me, good father; it is against my oath.	RVSTOPO geFivor me, good rthfea. stI atngais my hota.
DUKE VINCENTIO Were you sworn to the duke, or to the deputy?	DKUE EICNTNOVI Did uoy eawsr lealnegcai to eth keud, or to the tueypd?
PROVOST To him, and to his substitutes.	PTORVOS To him, dan to ihs evrstrastneepei.
DUKE VINCENTIO 190 You will think you have made no offence, if the duke avouch the justice of your dealing?	KUDE VOIICNETN lliW oyu nhtki evoyu noed htnongi gnowr if hte dkue ocvuhse rfo teh ctejisu of oyru tnciao?
PROVOST But what likelihood is in that?	VSOROPT tBu hwo elkliy is ttah?
DUKE VINCENTIO Not a resemblance, but a certainty. Yet since I see you fearful, that neither my coat, integrity, nor 195 persuasion can with ease attempt you, I will go further than I meant, to pluck all fears out of you. Look you, sir, here is the hand and seal of the duke: you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you.	DUEK NVENITCOI toN a spitslbiyoi, tbu a aencttiry. etY eicsn I ese yruoe rfdaia, ttah rhtinee my rgosuieli oesrb, irnyttige, nro tugesmnra nac sileay sdpaeeru you, Ill go trrhfae tnah I anmet to, to dipesl all ryuo sfaer. (displays a letter) ookL, sri, seerh eth uekds awnnhtigidr dna leas. uYo geeniczor mthe btoh, Im seru.
PROVOST 200 I know them both.	RTVOOSP I nwko hmet btho.
DUKE VINCENTIO The contents of this is the return of the duke: you shall anon over-read it at your pleasure; where you shall find, within these two days he will be here. This is a thing that Angelo knows not; for he this 205 very day receives letters of strange tenor; perchance of the dukes death; perchance entering into some monastery; but, by chance, nothing of what is writ. Look, the unfolding star calls up the shepherd. Put not yourself into amazement how these 210 things should be: all difficulties are but easy when they are known. Call your executioner, and off with Barnardines head: I will give him a present shrift and advise him for a better place. Yet you are amazed; but this shall absolutely resolve you. 215 Come away; it is almost clear dawn.	KEDU IENTVNICO Tsih teelsrt cnnetsto eebcsidr teh edkus unterr; oyu nac reda it rveo at ryou eielurs, dna luoly nlrea thta llhe be erhe in wto sday. Aoelng nteods owkn shti, cines toyad ehll be ettnigg smoe rstlete thwi ratesng wnes, emyab uotba eht edusk thdea, mybea abuot ihm eneirgtn oems nomreysbautt noignth autob ahtws nwtirte eerh. okoL, eth mrnniog srta is uto. otDn be csundfeo by lal isht. nEgyerhtiv msake esnse fetra tsi ebne oned. Call oyru iertoeeunxc, dan ffo itwh aianrsdnBre hade. lIl evig him nfnscesooi, dan praeper him for a tertbe leacp. ruYoe siltl ntusnde, utb sthi yulolbtsea iwll xniepla eetgyvnrhi to uyo. eLst go, tsi tomsal nwad.
Exeunt	Teyh xeit.

Original Text	Modern Text
A room in the prison.	A moro in teh osnipr.
Enter Provost and POMPEY	hTe vosoPrt dna OPPMEY enrte.
PROVOST Come hither, sirrah. Can you cut off a mans head?	OROPSVT eomC rhee, yuo. Can oyu ctu fof a snam deah?
POMPEY If the man be a bachelor, sir, I can; but if he be a married man, hes his wifes head a pun, referring both to the Biblical idea of the husband as the head of the wife (Ephesians 5:23) and the husband owning his wifes maidenhead (virginity) wifes head, and I can never cut off a womans head.	PYOMEP If eth snam a abrloche, irs, I nca. Btu if ehs a rdieram man, she olas his iwfse hade, and I acn vreen utc off a nomasw hade.
PROVOST 5 Come, sir, leave me your snatches, and yield me a direct answer. To-morrow morning are to die Claudio and Barnardine. Here is in our prison a common executioner, who in his office lacks a helper: if you will take it on you to assist him, it shall 10 redeem you from your gyves; if not, you shall have your full time of imprisonment and your deliverance with an unpitied whipping, for you have been a notorious bawd.	PSVROTO Coem on, irs, esarp me yuor jokse adn geiv me a rtsagith wrsnae. Coaldiu and iBrrdaaenn rea to ied mtwororo rgnnomi. eerH in uor osripn we evah a cbplui xreeonictue, ohw nedes a peehlr. If olyul ekta on eht ojb of issaignst mhi, tlil rfee ouy ormf uyor sanich. If yuo ondt, lyluo evah to vrese rouy lufl tenencse, wtih a rfeeci nphipgiw boreef reyou adleeesr ebsueca ovyue eebn a uostoroni ippm.
POMPEY Sir, I have been an unlawful bawd time out of mind; 15 but yet I will be content to be a lawful hangman. I would be glad to receive some instruction from my fellow partner.	PEYPOM Sri, eIv been an lgialle mipp rof oenglr hnat I nac emmbreer, tbu lIl be phpay to be a alleg nagnamh. Id be lagd rfo my new nreartp to hatec me.
PROVOST What, ho! Abhorson! Wheres Abhorson, there?	POTOSVR yeH, nrsoohbA the neam icosbemn the dwrso abhro adn osenrohw (osn of a whore) Abhorson! Wehre are yuo, rsonbohA?
Enter ABHORSON	SOORNBAH (the executioner) netsre.
ABHORSON Do you call, sir?	OHRASBON diD uyo acll, irs?
PROVOST 20 Sirrah, heres a fellow will help you to-morrow in your execution. If you think it meet, compound with him by the year, and let him abide here with you; if not, use him for the present and dismiss him. He cannot plead his estimation with you; he hath been a bawd.	PROTOVS eerHs a wfleol to lehp uyo ithw rowosmtor ncixeetuos. If he swokr otu, etelst on an ulanna layars dna tle ihm stay eerh hwti you. If he esdont, eus ihm utjs rfo own and hten refi ihm. He ctna malci to be oto oogd rof teh rokw ensci hse neeb a pimp.
ABHORSON 25 A bawd, sir? fie upon him! he will discredit our mystery.	RHNASBOO A mipp, rsi? To lhle htwi hmi! lHel tcdsediri oru rosspfoine.
PROVOST Go to, sir; you weigh equally; a feather will turn the scale.	SOTVOPR Go on, isr. oYu wto ear wohtr the meas. No mreo tanh a ghwserettaehfi necrfeedfi, ayanyw.
Exit	He txsie.
POMPEY Pray, sir, by your good favour,for surely, sir, a good favour you have, but that you have a hanging 30 look,do you call, sir, your occupation a mystery?	YMPPEO iSr, uoldw uoy laosrepfe yuo do aevh a spgnalei fcae, ectexp rfo uyro nnhigag rnxslolipeetse me if yuo alcl uroy boj a foioprssne?
ABHORSON Ay, sir; a mystery	NBASOHOR seY, sir, a frosspoien.
POMPEY Painting, sir, I have heard say, is a mystery; and your whores, sir, being members of my occupation, using painting, do prove my occupation a mystery: 35 but what mystery there should be in hanging, if I should be hanged, I cannot imagine.	PYOMEP veI haerd it iads atth tipigann, rsi, is a ispoofsren, nad nesic hrhoesoww rea in my dfitnpaile trhei efasc, thye ovrpe my ooatcucpin is a eissopforn. But lIl be naedhg if I cna geiaimn ohw ghiangn is a soosfenpri.
ABHORSON Sir, it is a mystery.	NSAHBORO iSr, it is a rpsiofnoes.
POMPEY Proof?	MEPYPO naC yuo voerp it?
ABHORSON Every true mans apparel fits your thief: if it be 40 too little for your thief, your true man thinks it big enough; if it be too big for your thief, your thief thinks it little enough: so every true mans apparel fits your thief.	NOHBROAS A ifeht eltass and utsp on eth lcohets of an hnseot amn. If het hifte hnkist het ethoslc ntod mkae mih esem hetosn ohgneu, a rtluy enoths mna will tihkn htsta iertaaroppp. If teh fethi kshnti eht ehtoscl ekma hmi msee txear esthno, neht hte htefi ntsihk teh eisuisgd ftsi sjtu hirgt. So neoeosm is yawasl hpayp whti the way the uesigsdi rkwso rof the fithe.
Re-enter Provost	The Posvtro re-nerest.
PROVOST Are you agreed?	SOORTPV vHea oyu rhcedea an mreengaet?
POMPEY 45 Sir, I will serve him; for I do find your hangman is a more penitent trade than your bawd; he doth oftener ask forgiveness.	OEYPMP iSr, Ill orwk rof mih, esuabce I ikhtn a nasanghm jbo is a irrreso oen anht a sppmi he kass vfgosnseier emor foten an eetcuenroxi iitndalyoatrl dkaes teh cendeomdn pesrno to ofiregv mhi just erbeof eth execution he skas rvisoegefsn reom often.
PROVOST You, sirrah, provide your block and your axe to-morrow four oclock.	OSVRTOP uYo, woellf, ehav oruy colbk nda rouy aex adyre orwtromo at rfou oclcok.
ABHORSON 50 Come on, bawd; I will instruct thee in my trade; follow.	HNSABOOR Coem on, mipp, llI sohw ouy eht oeprs. Folowl me.
POMPEY I do desire to learn, sir: and I hope, if you have occasion to use me for your own turn, you shall find me yare; for truly, sir, for your kindness I owe you a good turn.	PEPYMO I twna to rnale, irs. ndA I opeh, if uoy evre get teh chnace to sue me rfo ouyr won inucextoe, yullo dfin me earyd. useaBec, ralyel, I eow uyo a odgo unrt rof royu sksnenid.
POMPEY and ABHORSON exit.	YPOMEP dna ORNASHBO xtie.
PROVOST 55 Call hither Barnardine and Claudio: The one has my pity; not a jot the other, Being a murderer, though he were my brother.	OTOVRPS lalC ienBdranra dna aCiulod reeh. I itpy noe, but tno eht ehrto, enev if he rwee my rhetobr, as esh a edrerumr.
Enter CLAUDIO	DOILCUA resnet.
Look, heres the warrant, Claudio, for thy death: Tis now dead midnight, and by eight to-morrow 60 Thou must be made immortal. Wheres Barnardine?	kooL, Cudilao, ehser rouy eahdt rwatarn. stI now ddae iimgthnd, nda by 8 a.m. rmworoto yuo tsum be dlai to rtelean rest. reWhes enBdanirar?
CLAUDIO As fast lockd up in sleep as guiltless labour When it lies starkly in the travellers bones: He will not wake.	LUAIDOC As astf peslea as hte sotm itneonnc of dtxeehsua rerobasl. He nwto eawk up.
PROVOST Who can do good on him? 65 Well, go, prepare yourself.	TOPORSV oWh lcodu do mih yna dgoo, ayanwy? Well, go, eaprepr fuerloys.
Knocking within	(knocking is eahdr offstage)
But, hark, what noise? Heaven give your spirits comfort!	Wtsah htta esnio? (to Claudio) anHeev evgi oyur ispirts ocrftmo!
Exit CLAUDIO	IUADCOL itsxe.
By and by. I hope it is some pardon or reprieve 70 For the most gentle Claudio.	In a umneti. I peho sit soem oapdnr or erveprei rof teelng loduiaC.
Enter DUKE VINCENTIO disguised as before	KUDE OTCNIEVIN rentse, uidsdgies as a iarfr.
Welcome father.	emWocle, efraht.
DUKE VINCENTIO The best and wholesomest spirts of the night Envelope you, good Provost! Who calld here of late?	DKEU ICINTVENO ehT stbe, stom eomleshow gthni spirtsi dsunrruo oyu, ogod srvPoot! Wsho eebn hree ltaeyl?
PROVOST None, since the curfew rung.	ORTVSPO No oen, eicns teh wcfrue ebll ugnr at 9:00 p.m. curfew lble argn.
DUKE VINCENTIO 75 Not Isabel?	EUDK VIINOTNEC oNt asIlbe?
PROVOST No.	RTOPVSO No.
DUKE VINCENTIO They will, then, eret be long.	DUEK NTCNIIVOE nSoeoem llwi be, enth, robefe gnlo.
PROVOST What comfort is for Claudio?	PSROTVO Is ehetr any ewsn to geiv ootfcrm to dCloaiu?
DUKE VINCENTIO Theres some in hope.	DUKE EOIINTNCV hserTe rmofotc in ehpo.
PROVOST 80 It is a bitter deputy.	PSOVTRO glsoenA a ceurl tuyped.
DUKE VINCENTIO Not so, not so; his life is paralleld Even with the stroke and line of his great justice: He doth with holy abstinence subdue That in himself which he spurs on his power 85 To qualify in others: were he meald with that Which he corrects, then were he tyrannous; But this being so, hes just.	KEDU INENITOVC No, no. iHs ifel rellalaps teh msae trhgsita line taht ish gymhti tuijsec rwdas. tihW oeisgliru tatrsrnei, he eesusppssr in hslmeif the smae eiussmlp he esupreecst in ehorst. If he erew tadseni thwi the rsot of snis he siepnhus, tneh edh be a ntytar. uBt esecbua hse voturisu, ehs iraf.
Knocking within	(knocking is ahder offstage)
Now are they come.	heyrTe rhee.
Exit Provost	Teh svotroP txise.
This is a gentle provost: seldom when 90 The steeled gaoler is the friend of men.	shiT oovrtsp is a eicn anm. Ist erra atht a ehrednad erailj hsa sthyapym rfo ish feolwl emn.
Knocking within	(knocking is hrade offstage)
How now! what noise? That spirits possessed with haste That wounds the unsisting postern with these strokes.	haWt is tath oeisn? tTha sessrenmeg so miientapt ehs inggo to hrut hatt opor ordo hwit ish ignkonck.
Re-enter Provost	The tPsoovr re-nerest.
PROVOST There he must stay until the officer Arise to let him in: he is calld up.	VOTROPS esH stkcu rehet uintl eht reficfo at hte egat aweks up to tel mih in. hTe socfefir up own.
DUKE VINCENTIO 95 Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow?	EKDU IVENNCIOT naevHt oyu eedirvce ayn odrer eyt dcngnminaoetur Cdlouasi ecotxeiun roomwotr?
PROVOST None, sir, none.	ROPVOTS oNen, sir, noen.
DUKE VINCENTIO As near the dawning, provost, as it is, You shall hear more ere morning.	DUEK IOCEITNNV Even ohhugt its lotmsa nwda, tproovs, llouy aehv senw erobef rnmgnoi.
PROVOST 100 Happily You something know; yet I believe there comes No countermand; no such example have we: Besides, upon the very siege of justice Lord Angelo hath to the public ear 105 Professd the contrary.	VROPSTO hrepsaP you ownk thsnegomi. utB I otnd nhitk yan epiveerr is goinmc. eehTrs no ecdprnete orf it. Bsesdie, dLro negolA ledeacrd teh otioespp, in ucpbil, frmo the esudgj ecbhn.
Enter a Messenger	A sengrMese nrtsee.
This is his lordships man.	Thsi is his lhpdssoir rvseant.
DUKE VINCENTIO And here comes Claudios pardon.	KEDU IONTVINCE dnA here smceo ioausdCl nprdoa.
MESSENGER (Giving a paper) My lord hath sent you this note; and by me this 110 further charge, that you swerve not from the smallest article of it, neither in time, matter, or other circumstance. Good morrow; for, as I take it, it is almost day.	MEESREGSN (pretnseing a paper) My odlr has sent uyo itsh tone, dna rcdhgae me to tlel you not to wersve mofr hte lssatlme mtei in onitt hte etmi, dtlaesi, or antgnyhi sele. ooGd oginmrn, scnie I etaghr its amslto gmrinno.
PROVOST I shall obey him.	SVRPTOO I liwl ybeo ihm.
Exit Messenger	hTe sgrseeeMn etisx.
DUKE VINCENTIO 115 (Aside) This is his pardon, purchased by such sin For which the pardoner himself is in. Hence hath offence his quick celerity, When it is born in high authority: When vice makes mercy, mercys so extended, 120 That for the faults love is the offender friended. Now, sir, what news?	UDEK EONNCITIV (to himself) shiT is sih radnpo, uogthb by eht emsa sni nlgoeA tdcmeiomt. meiCsr prdsae ycqiklu newh hotse in oewrp errptapeet ehtm as lelw. Wenh eldsriove nexetd cemry, yhet dweni yesmcr prasg, arndngiop herto sersnni aceebsu ehyt vole hte sni. woN, rsi, thwsa the senw?
PROVOST I told you. Lord Angelo, belike thinking me remiss in mine office, awakens me with this unwonted putting-on; methinks strangely, for he hath not used it before.	PROSVTO I lodt uoy. Lrdo nAgoel, kngiihnt me cesasrel in my udsite eamyb, is ptnutgi nlusuau eesrpsur on me. Ist astesehrgn erevn onde siht obreef.
DUKE VINCENTIO 125 Pray you, lets hear.	KEDU OICNVNIET saPele, slte eahr eth etrlte.
PROVOST (Reads) Whatsoever you may hear to the contrary, let Claudio be executed by four of the clock; and in the afternoon Barnardine: for my better satisfaction, 130 let me have Claudios head sent me by five. Let this be duly performed; with a thought that more depends on it than we must yet deliver. Thus fail not to do your office, as you will answer it at your peril. What say you to this, sir?	OVPSTOR (reads) reeWathv uyo aym hera to teh nrtcyora, veha liudCao dtuexcee by uorf clkooc, nda nnriBadear in the naoorefnt. sauRrees me by nigesdn me oliCduas aedh by efvi oclkco. Be esur ouy do it, dan be arwae taht rmeo pdeedsn on it hant I cna rlevae at tish iemt. ontD ailf to do rouy tduy, or oyu iwll be ehdl tbloaeuncca. hWta do uoy yas to tihs, rsi?
DUKE VINCENTIO 135 What is that Barnardine who is to be executed in the afternoon?	UDEK EIOINVNCT Woh is stih aBirrdaenn swoh to be uedxetec in teh aoftneonr?
PROVOST A Bohemian born, but here nursed un and bred; one that is a prisoner nine years old.	RPOSOTV He saw ornb in oaBmhei, ubt dirsea eerh. Hse enbe a ersinpor ofr eht stal ienn yresa.
DUKE VINCENTIO How came it that the absent duke had not either 140 delivered him to his liberty or executed him? I have heard it was ever his manner to do so.	DEUK CVNOEITIN woH idd it nhapep ahtt teh ebatsn kude terhein rfede hmi rno eecetdxu mhi? eIv rhead he lylasuu sode eno or het oehtr.
PROVOST His friends still wrought reprieves for him: and, indeed, his fact, till now in the government of Lord Angelo, came not to an undoubtful proof.	PRSOOTV iararneBdsn fersndi ptek tggitne mhi riseerpev. nAd ether was no learc edeenvic atth he was latcyula iygutl, tilun nwo, ehnw elAngo eacm to ewopr.
DUKE VINCENTIO 145 It is now apparent?	EDKU NCINTEOVI tsI crela nwo?
PROVOST Most manifest, and not denied by himself.	TOPVOSR yVre arelc, nda he netsdo enyd it lfhemsi.
DUKE VINCENTIO Hath he born himself penitently in prison? how seems he to be touched?	EDUK INVIETCON aHs he whons moesrre ihlwe in nsiorp? tahW ffceet sha it hda on him?
PROVOST A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully but 150 as a drunken sleep; careless, reckless, and fearless of whats past, present, or to come; insensible of mortality, and desperately mortal.	PRSOOTV seH a nam who afesr detha as no rwsoe hnta a enkurdn peesl. eHs cssrelea, sekerscl, dan rasflsee of het astp, epnestr, or uruetf. Hes neuwraa of teh tpocenc of tedha, and eesdalrpety lgiginnc to efil.
DUKE VINCENTIO He wants advice.	EDUK OTCNEINVI He neesd sngcieuoln.
PROVOST He will hear none: he hath evermore had the liberty 155 of the prison; give him leave to escape hence, he would not: drunk many times a day, if not many days entirely drunk. We have very oft awaked him, as if to carry him to execution, and showed him a seeming warrant for it: it hath not moved him at all.	OORPSVT He nwot nitlse to any. sHe ywsaal had eht rfemdeo to go eyrhwnea sidnie hte rnopsi. If yuo aegv imh a hanecc to ecpesa, he unwldot nur. eHs nrduk amny setmi a ayd, or pnsdse namy sayd itenelry urnkd. nOetf, eewv wekno imh up, as if to ktae mih to be edcxteeu, dna hwosn him a pndtree wnrrata. tIs vrene fteadcef him at lal.
DUKE VINCENTIO 160 More of him anon. There is written in your brow, provost, honesty and constancy: if I read it not truly, my ancient skill beguiles me; but, in the boldness of my cunning, I will lay myself in hazard. Claudio, whom here you have warrant to execute, is 165 no greater forfeit to the law than Angelo who hath sentenced him. To make you understand this in a manifested effect, I crave but four days respite; for the which you are to do me both a present and a dangerous courtesy.	DKUE ENNIVOITC oMre of ihm oons. tPorsvo, I ese sothyen dna tylaoyl in uoyr cafe. If Im gwonr, my old lkils at dngaeri olepep eisecevd me, ubt ceebaus Im tdeoicnfn of my litibya, llI eatk a haeccn. aClodiu, wmoh you evha a antarwr to euxeetc, essevred to die no remo htna eognAl, owh cetesnden ihm. I cna cyrelal oesetrnmadt hits, btu I dnee urfo ydas, so Im nggio to ksa you to do me an aimeiemtd nad udrgsenao oravf.
PROVOST 170 Pray, sir, in what?	OVTRSPO hWat is it, sir?
DUKE VINCENTIO In the delaying death.	DKEU INCEIOVTN lyaeD teh aedth.
PROVOST A lack, how may I do it, having the hour limited, and an express command, under penalty, to deliver his head in the view of Angelo? I may make my case 175 as Claudios, to cross this in the smallest.	OPRTVOS Srory, ubt how anc I, itwh eht eitm fexdi and an ipxcleti mmdcona to lervedi shi deha to elognA, at srki of aylnpte? lIl fnid femysl in oldiCsau soehs if I rwesev rmof this in neev teh estlalms awy.
DUKE VINCENTIO By the vow of mine order I warrant you, if my instructions may be your guide. Let this Barnardine be this morning executed, and his head born to Angelo.	DUKE NVOTNIICE By my lhoy svow, I euanetrga yrou yaestf if oyu owfoll my rotcnitnsusi. ceeutEx hits adnBanerri htsi gorimnn, adn teka sih ahed to gelAno.
PROVOST Angelo hath seen them both, and will discover the favour.	VTOORSP selngoA eesn ohtb of meht, dna ilwl zgeeniroc eht ecfa.
DUKE VINCENTIO 180 O, deaths a great disguiser; and you may add to it. Shave the head, and tie the beard; and say it was the desire of the penitent to be so bared before his death: you know the course is common. If any thing fall to you upon this, more than thanks and good 185 fortune, by the saint whom I profess, I will plead against it with my life.	KUED NVOIINCET Oh, htsade a atgre eidgurssi, dan yuo anc pelh dgssiuei imh eorm. hvSae ihs daeh dna rimt sih baedr, dna ays it asw teh sporsenri qurstee to be dasveh eorefb sih edath. oYu nowk satht a omncom ghtni. If hnainytg nshappe to yuo aseucbe of shsiitdea mfro ntkhsa and good eutfnro by het ratonp tsnia of my bohrheodotr, llI pleda ntaagsi it thiw my ilef.
PROVOST Pardon me, good father; it is against my oath.	RVSTOPO geFivor me, good rthfea. stI atngais my hota.
DUKE VINCENTIO Were you sworn to the duke, or to the deputy?	DKUE EICNTNOVI Did uoy eawsr lealnegcai to eth keud, or to the tueypd?
PROVOST To him, and to his substitutes.	PTORVOS To him, dan to ihs evrstrastneepei.
DUKE VINCENTIO 190 You will think you have made no offence, if the duke avouch the justice of your dealing?	KUDE VOIICNETN lliW oyu nhtki evoyu noed htnongi gnowr if hte dkue ocvuhse rfo teh ctejisu of oyru tnciao?
PROVOST But what likelihood is in that?	VSOROPT tBu hwo elkliy is ttah?
DUKE VINCENTIO Not a resemblance, but a certainty. Yet since I see you fearful, that neither my coat, integrity, nor 195 persuasion can with ease attempt you, I will go further than I meant, to pluck all fears out of you. Look you, sir, here is the hand and seal of the duke: you know the character, I doubt not; and the signet is not strange to you.	DUEK NVENITCOI toN a spitslbiyoi, tbu a aencttiry. etY eicsn I ese yruoe rfdaia, ttah rhtinee my rgosuieli oesrb, irnyttige, nro tugesmnra nac sileay sdpaeeru you, Ill go trrhfae tnah I anmet to, to dipesl all ryuo sfaer. (displays a letter) ookL, sri, seerh eth uekds awnnhtigidr dna leas. uYo geeniczor mthe btoh, Im seru.
PROVOST 200 I know them both.	RTVOOSP I nwko hmet btho.
DUKE VINCENTIO The contents of this is the return of the duke: you shall anon over-read it at your pleasure; where you shall find, within these two days he will be here. This is a thing that Angelo knows not; for he this 205 very day receives letters of strange tenor; perchance of the dukes death; perchance entering into some monastery; but, by chance, nothing of what is writ. Look, the unfolding star calls up the shepherd. Put not yourself into amazement how these 210 things should be: all difficulties are but easy when they are known. Call your executioner, and off with Barnardines head: I will give him a present shrift and advise him for a better place. Yet you are amazed; but this shall absolutely resolve you. 215 Come away; it is almost clear dawn.	KEDU IENTVNICO Tsih teelsrt cnnetsto eebcsidr teh edkus unterr; oyu nac reda it rveo at ryou eielurs, dna luoly nlrea thta llhe be erhe in wto sday. Aoelng nteods owkn shti, cines toyad ehll be ettnigg smoe rstlete thwi ratesng wnes, emyab uotba eht edusk thdea, mybea abuot ihm eneirgtn oems nomreysbautt noignth autob ahtws nwtirte eerh. okoL, eth mrnniog srta is uto. otDn be csundfeo by lal isht. nEgyerhtiv msake esnse fetra tsi ebne oned. Call oyru iertoeeunxc, dan ffo itwh aianrsdnBre hade. lIl evig him nfnscesooi, dan praeper him for a tertbe leacp. ruYoe siltl ntusnde, utb sthi yulolbtsea iwll xniepla eetgyvnrhi to uyo. eLst go, tsi tomsal nwad.
Exeunt	Teyh xeit.