Look, if it please you, on this man condemn'd, Let him not die. My brother had but justice, In that he did the thing for which he died; His act did not o'ertake his bad intent; And must be buried but as an intent That perish'd by the way: thoughts are no subjects; Mari. Merely, my lord. Duke. Your suit's unprofitable; stand up, I Provost, how came it Claudio was beheaded Prov. It was commanded so. say. 445 450 455 Duke. Had you a special warrant for the deed? Prov. Duke. What's he? thoughts. 444 448 A due...Angelo,] Four lines, 447 died] dide F1 did FF3F4 son. One line in Ff. 448-452 at o'ertake...but...way:... 460 453 [They rise. Collier, ed. 2 (Collier MS.). 456 It was commanded so] 'Twas so commanded Hanmer. 465 What's he?] And what is he? Hanmer. See note (XX). Prov. His name is Barnardine. 466 Duke. I would thou hadst done so by Claudio. Ang. I am sorry that such sorrow I procure: Re-enter PROVOST, with BARNARDINE, CLAUDIO muffled, and JULIET. Duke. Which is that Barnardine? This, my lord. Prov. 470 475 And squarest thy life according. Thou'rt condemn'd: 480 485 I leave him to your hand. What muffled fellow's that? 466 would] F. wouldst FF3F4 wish Capell (corrected in Errata to would). 467 [Exit Provost.] Johnson. 470 the heat] heat Pope. 476 SCENE VII. Pope. Re-enter...] Re-enter Provost, with Enter Barnardine and Prouost, my lord] my good lord Hanmer. Duke. [To Isabella] If he be like your brother, for his sake Is he pardon'd; and, for your lovely sake, Give me your hand, and say you will be mine, He is my brother too: but fitter time for that. 490 Look that you love your wife; her worth worth yours. 495 I find an apt remission in myself; And yet here's one in place I cannot pardon. [To Lucio] You, sirrah, that knew me for a fool, a coward, One all of luxury, an ass, a madman; Wherein have I so deserved of you, That you extol me thus? 500 505 Lucio. 'Faith, my lord, I spoke it but according to the trick. If you will hang me for it, you may; but I had rather it would please you I might be whipt. Duke. Whipt first, sir, and hang'd after. Proclaim it, provost, round about the city, If any woman wrong'd by this lewd fellow,— As I have heard him swear himself there's one Whom he begot with child, let her appear, And he shall marry her: the nuptial finish'd, 488 [Claudio and Isab. embrace. Collier, ed. 2 (Collier MS.). [To Isabella] Johnson. 489 Is he pardon'd] He's pardoned Hanmer. Is he too pardon'd Capell. Then is he pardon'd Dyce (ed. 2). Is he pardoned Singer. 490 and say you will] say you'll Han mer. 491 He is] and he's Hanmer, ending the line here. 495 her worth worth yours] her worth works yours Hanmer. her worth's worth yours Keightley (Heath 510 conj.). her worth work yours! Hudson (S. Walker conj.). her worth weighs yours Bailey conj. 500 so deserved] deserved so Pope. so well deserv'd Collier, ed. 2 (Collier MS.). so undeserv'd S. Walker conj. sir, so deserv'd Cartwright conj. (N. & Q. 1864). 507 If any woman] Ff. If any woman's Hanmer. Is any woman Clark and Glover. fellow,-] Dyce. fellow Ff. 510 finish'd] finished Singer. Let him be whipt and hang'd. Lucio. I beseech your highness, do not marry me to a whore. Your highness said even now, I made you a Duke: good my lord, do not recompense me in making me a cuckold. Duke. Upon mine honour, thou shalt marry her. Remit thy other forfeits.-Take him to prison; 515 Lucio. Marrying a punk, my lord, is pressing to death, whipping, and hanging. Duke. Slandering a prince deserves it. 521 [Exeunt Officers with Lucio. She, Claudio, that you wrong'd, look you restore. I have confess'd her, and I know her virtue. Thanks, good friend Escalus, for thy much goodness: What's mine is yours, and what is yours is mine. 519 executed] execute Hanmer. 522 [Exeunt...Lucio] Dyce. 523 She] Her Hanmer. 527, 532 Johnson conjectures: Ang. The offence pardons itself. Duke. gratulate. Dear Isabel,... 525 530 535 [Exeunt. 527 gratulate] gratulating Keightley conj. 537 that's] FF3F4 that F1. [Exeunt.] Rowe. Curtain drawn. Collier, ed. 2 (Collier MS.). om. Ff. NOTES. NOTE I. 1. 1. 7-10. The suggestion that a line has been lost in this place came first from Theobald. It is scarcely necessary to say that there is no mark of omission in the Folios. Malone supposes that a similar omission has been made II. 4. 123. The compositor's eye (he says) may have glanced from 'succeed' to 'weakness' in a subsequent hemistich. In order to relieve the plethoric foot-note we set down in this place some conjectures for which we are indebted to Mr Halliwell's note on the passage. (3) But that your sufficiency, as your worth, be able... The reading assigned in the foot-note to Steevens is found in a note to the Editions of 1773, 1778, 1785, 1793. He afterwards changed his VOL. I. 28 |