''The Spanish Tragedy''

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==''The Spanish Tragedy'' (1592) IV.i.59-106==
 
==''The Spanish Tragedy'' (1592) IV.i.59-106==
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''Hieronymo Is Mad Againe''
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by Thomaas Kyd
 
by Thomaas Kyd
  
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BAL. It pleased you
 
BAL. It pleased you
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    At the entertainment of the ambassador,
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:At the entertainment of the ambassador,
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    To grace the King so much as with a show;
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:To grace the King so much as with a show;
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    Now were your study so well furnished
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:Now were your study so well furnished
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    As, for the passing of the first night's sport,
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:As, for the passing of the first night's sport,
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    To entertain my father with the like,
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:To entertain my father with the like,
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    Or any such like pleasing motion,
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:Or any such like pleasing motion,
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    Assure yourself it would content them well.
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:Assure yourself it would content them well.
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HIERO. Is this all?
 
HIERO. Is this all?
  
 
BAL. Aye, this is all.
 
BAL. Aye, this is all.
  
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  HIERO. Why then I'll fit you; say no more.
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HIERO. Why then I'll fit you; say no more.
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    When I was young I gave my mind
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:When I was young I gave my mind
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    And plied myself to fruitless poetry,
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:And plied myself to fruitless poetry,
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    Which, though it profit the professor naught,
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:Which, though it profit the professor naught,
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    Yet is it passing pleasing to the world.
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:Yet is it passing pleasing to the world.
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LOR. And how for that?
 
LOR. And how for that?
  
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  HIERO. Marry, my good lord, thus.—
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HIERO. Marry, my good lord, thus.—
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    And yet, me thinks, you are too quick with us!—
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:And yet, me thinks, you are too quick with us!—
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    When in Toledo there I studied,
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:When in Toledo there I studied,
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    It was my chance to write a tragedy,—
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:It was my chance to write a tragedy,—
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    See here, my lords,—
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:See here, my lords,—
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He shows them a book.
 
He shows them a book.
  
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    Which, long forgot, I found this other day.
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:Which, long forgot, I found this other day.
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    Nor would your lordships favour me so much
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:Nor would your lordships favour me so much
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    As but to grace me with your acting it,
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:As but to grace me with your acting it,
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    I mean each one of you to play a part.
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:I mean each one of you to play a part.
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    Assure you it will prove most passing strange
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:Assure you it will prove most passing strange
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    And wondrous plausible to that assembly.
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:And wondrous plausible to that assembly.
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BAL. What, would you have us play a tragedy?
 
BAL. What, would you have us play a tragedy?
  
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  HIERO. Why, Nero thought it no disparagement,
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HIERO. Why, Nero thought it no disparagement,
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    And kings and emperors have ta'en delight
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:And kings and emperors have ta'en delight
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    To make experience of their wit in plays!
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:To make experience of their wit in plays!
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   LOR. Nay, be not angry, good Hieronimo;
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    The prince but ask'd a question.
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LOR. Nay, be not angry, good Hieronimo;
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   BAL. In faith, Hieronimo, and you be in earnest,
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:The prince but ask'd a question.
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    I'll make one.
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BAL. In faith, Hieronimo, and you be in earnest,
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:I'll make one.
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LOR. And I another.
 
LOR. And I another.
  
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  HIERO. Now, my good lord, could you entreat,
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HIERO. Now, my good lord, could you entreat,
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    Your sister, Bel-imperia, to make one,—
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:Your sister, Bel-imperia, to make one,—
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    For what's a play without a woman in it?
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:For what's a play without a woman in it?
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   BEL. Little entreaty shall serve me, Hieronimo,
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    For I must needs be employed in your play.
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BEL. Little entreaty shall serve me, Hieronimo,
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   HIERO. Why, this is well! I tell you, lordings,
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:For I must needs be employed in your play.
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    It was determined to have been acted,
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    By gentlemen and scholars too,
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HIERO. Why, this is well! I tell you, lordings,
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    Such as could tell what to speak.
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:It was determined to have been acted,
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   BAL. And now
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:By gentlemen and scholars too,
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    It shall be play'd by princes and courtiers,
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:Such as could tell what to speak.
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    Such as can tell how to speak,
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    If, as it is our country manner,
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BAL. And now
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    You will but let us know the argument.
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:It shall be play'd by princes and courtiers,
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   HIERO. That shall I roundly. The chronicles of Spain
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:Such as can tell how to speak,
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    Record this written of a knight of Rhodes;
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:If, as it is our country manner,
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    He was betroth'd, and wedded at the length,
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:You will but let us know the argument.
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    To one Perseda, an Italian dame,
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    Whose beauty ravish'd all that her beheld,
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HIERO. That shall I roundly. The chronicles of Spain
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    Especially the soul of Suleiman,
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:Record this written of a knight of Rhodes;
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    Who at the marriage was the chiefest guest.
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:He was betroth'd, and wedded at the length,
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    By sundry means sought Suleiman to win
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:To one Perseda, an Italian dame,
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    Perseda's love, and could not gain the same.
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:Whose beauty ravish'd all that her beheld,
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    Then 'gan he break his passions to a friend,
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:Especially the soul of Suleiman,
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    One of his bashaws whom he held full dear.
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:Who at the marriage was the chiefest guest.
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    Her has this bashaw long solicited,
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:By sundry means sought Suleiman to win
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    And saw she was not otherwise to be won
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:Perseda's love, and could not gain the same.
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    But by her husband's death, this knight of Rhodes,
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:Then 'gan he break his passions to a friend,
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    Whom presently by treachery he slew.
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:One of his bashaws whom he held full dear.
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    She, stirr'd with an exceeding hate therefore,
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:Her has this bashaw long solicited,
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    As cause of this, slew Sultan Suleiman,
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:And saw she was not otherwise to be won
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    And, to escape the bashaw's tyranny,
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:But by her husband's death, this knight of Rhodes,
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    Did stab herself. And this is the tragedy.
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:Whom presently by treachery he slew.
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:She, stirr'd with an exceeding hate therefore,
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:As cause of this, slew Sultan Suleiman,
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:And, to escape the bashaw's tyranny,
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:Did stab herself. And this is the tragedy.
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LOR. O, excellent!
 
LOR. O, excellent!
  
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  BEL. But say, Hieronimo:
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BEL. But say, Hieronimo:
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    What then became of him that was the bashaw?
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:What then became of him that was the bashaw?
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   HIERO.
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                        Marry thus:
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HIERO.
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  Moved with remorse of his misdeeds,
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::Marry thus:
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    Ran to a mountain top and hung himself.
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:Moved with remorse of his misdeeds,
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:Ran to a mountain top and hung himself.
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BAL. But which of us is to perform that part?
 
BAL. But which of us is to perform that part?
  
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  HIERO. O, that will I, my lords; make no doubt of it;
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HIERO. O, that will I, my lords; make no doubt of it;
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    I'll play the murderer, I warrant you;
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:I'll play the murderer, I warrant you;
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    For I already have conceited that.
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:For I already have conceited that.
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BAL. And what shall I?
 
BAL. And what shall I?
  
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BEL. And I?
 
BEL. And I?
  
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  HIERO. Perseda, chaste and resolute.
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HIERO. Perseda, chaste and resolute.
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    And here, my lords, are several abstracts drawn,
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:And here, my lords, are several abstracts drawn,
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    For each of you to note your several parts.
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:For each of you to note your several parts.
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    And act it as occasion's offer'd you.
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:And act it as occasion's offer'd you.
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    You must provide you with a Turkish cap,
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:You must provide you with a Turkish cap,
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    A black moustache and a fauchion.
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:A black moustache and a fauchion.
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Gives paper to BALTHAZAR.
 
Gives paper to BALTHAZAR.
  
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You with a cross, like a knight of Rhodes.
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:You with a cross, like a knight of Rhodes.
  
 
Gives another to LORENZO.
 
Gives another to LORENZO.
  
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And, madame, you must then attire yourself
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:And, madame, you must then attire yourself
  
 
He giveth BEL-IMPERIA another.
 
He giveth BEL-IMPERIA another.
  
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    Like Phoebe, Flora, or the huntress Dian,
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:Like Phoebe, Flora, or the huntress Dian,
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    Which to your discretion shall seem best.
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:Which to your discretion shall seem best.
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    And as for me, my lords, I'll look to one,
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:And as for me, my lords, I'll look to one,
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    And with the ransom that the viceroy sent
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:And with the ransom that the viceroy sent
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    So furnish and perform this tragedy
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:So furnish and perform this tragedy
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    As all the world shall say Hieronimo
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:As all the world shall say Hieronimo
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    Was liberal in gracing of it so.
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:Was liberal in gracing of it so.
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BAL. Hieronimo, methinks a comedy were better.
 
BAL. Hieronimo, methinks a comedy were better.
  
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  HIERO. A comedy? fie! comedies are fit for common wits;
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HIERO. A comedy? fie! comedies are fit for common wits;
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    But to present a kingly troupe withal,
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:But to present a kingly troupe withal,
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    Give me a stately-written tragedy,—
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:Give me a stately-written tragedy,—
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    Tragedia cothurnata, fitting kings,
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:Tragedia cothurnata, fitting kings,
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    Containing matter, and not common things!
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:Containing matter, and not common things!
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    My lords, all this our sport must be perform'd,
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:My lords, all this our sport must be perform'd,
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    As fitting for the first night's revelling.
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:As fitting for the first night's revelling.
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    The Italian tragedians were so sharp
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:The Italian tragedians were so sharp
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    Of wit that in one hour's meditation
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:Of wit that in one hour's meditation
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    They would perform any-thing in action.
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:They would perform any-thing in action.
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   LOR. And well it may, for I have seen the like
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    In Paris, 'mongst the French tragedians.
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LOR. And well it may, for I have seen the like
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   HIERO. In Paris? mass, and well remembered!—
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:In Paris, 'mongst the French tragedians.
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    There's one thing more that rests for us to do.
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   BAL. What's that, Hieronimo?
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HIERO. In Paris? mass, and well remembered!—
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    Forget not anything.
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:There's one thing more that rests for us to do.
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   HIERO. Each one of us
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    Must act his part in unknown languages,
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BAL. What's that, Hieronimo?
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    That it may breed the more variety:
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:Forget not anything.
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    As you, my lord, in Latin, I in Greek,
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    You in Italian, and, for-because I know
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HIERO. Each one of us
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    That Bel-imperia hath practised the French,
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:Must act his part in unknown languages,
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    In courtly French shall all her phrases be.
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:That it may breed the more variety:
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:As you, my lord, in Latin, I in Greek,
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:You in Italian, and, for-because I know
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:That Bel-imperia hath practised the French,
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:In courtly French shall all her phrases be.
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BEL. You mean to try my cunning then, Hieronimo!
 
BEL. You mean to try my cunning then, Hieronimo!
  
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  BAL. But this will be a mere confusion,
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BAL. But this will be a mere confusion,
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    And hardly shall we all be understood.
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:And hardly shall we all be understood.
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   HEIRO. It must be so; for the conclusion
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    Shall prove the invention and all was good;
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HIERO. It must be so; for the conclusion
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    And I myself in an oration,
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:Shall prove the invention and all was good;
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    That I will have there behind a curtain,
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:And I myself in an oration,
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    And with a strange and wondrous show besides,
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:That I will have there behind a curtain,
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    Assure yourself, shall make the matter known.
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:And with a strange and wondrous show besides,
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    And all shall be concluded in one scene,
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:Assure yourself, shall make the matter known.
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    For there's no pleasure ta'en in tediousness.
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:And all shall be concluded in one scene,
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:For there's no pleasure ta'en in tediousness.
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BAL. [to LOR.] How like you this?
 
BAL. [to LOR.] How like you this?
  
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  LOR. Why thus, my lord, we must resolve,
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LOR. Why thus, my lord, we must resolve,
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    To soothe his humors up.
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:To soothe his humors up.
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BAL. On then, Hieronimo; farewell till soon!
 
BAL. On then, Hieronimo; farewell till soon!
  

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