| William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare. 1914. | | | |
| Measure for Measure | | | | Act IV. Scene VI. |
| | Street near the City Gate. | |
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Enter ISABELLA and MARIANA. | |
| Isab. To speak so indirectly I am loath: | |
| I would say the truth; but to accuse him so, | |
| That is your part: yet I’m advis’d to do it; | 5 |
| He says, to veil full purpose. | |
| Mari. Be rul’d by him. | |
| Isab. Besides, he tells me that if peradventure | |
| He speak against me on the adverse side, | |
| I should not think it strange; for ’tis a physic | 10 |
| That’s bitter to sweet end. | |
| Mari. I would, Friar Peter— | |
| Isab. O, peace! the friar is come. | |
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Enter FRIAR PETER. | |
| F. Peter. Come; I have found you out a stand most fit, | 15 |
| Where you may have such vantage on the duke, | |
| He shall not pass you. Twice have the trumpets sounded: | |
| The generous and gravest citizens | |
| Have hent the gates, and very near upon | |
| The duke is ent’ring: therefore hence, away! [Exeunt. | 20 | | |
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