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THE

WORKS

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SHAKESPEAR.

VOLUME the THIRD.

CONTAINING,

ALL's WELL that ENDS WELL.

TWELFTH NIGHT; or, WHAT YOU WILL,

The COMEDY of ERRORS.

The WINTER-NIGHT'S TALE.

The LIFE and DEATH of KING JOHN,

EDINBURGH:

Printed by ALEXANDER DONALDSON,
MDCCLXIX.

BRITISH

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All's well that ends well *.

DRAMATIS PERSONA.

KING of France.
Duke of Florence.

Bertram, Count of Roufillon.
Lafeu, an old Lord.

Parolles, a parasitical follower of
Bertram; a coward, but vain,

and a great pretender to valsur. Several young French Lords, that Serve with Bertram in the Flo

rentine war.

Steward, Servants to the Count-
Clown, S efs of Roufillon.

Countess of Rousillon, mother to

Bertram.

Helena, daughter to Gerard de
Narbon, a famous physician,
fome time fince dead.
An old widow of Florence.
Diana daughter to the widow.
Violenta, neighbours and friends
Mariana, S to the widow.

Lords attending on the King; Of-
ficers, Soldiers, &c.

SCENE lies partly in France, and partly in Tuscany.

ACT I.

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SCENE Ι.

The Countess of Rousillon's house in France.

Enter Bertram, the Countess of Roufillon, Helena, and

Lafeu, all in mourning.

Countess.

I

N dissevering my fon from me, I bury a fecond husband.

Ber. And I in going, Madam, weep o'er my father's death anew; but I must attend his Majesty's command, to whom I am now in ward, evermore in subjection.

Laf. You shall fiud of the King a husband, Madam; you, Sir, a father. He that so generally is at all times good, must of neceffity hold his virtue to you; whose worthiness would stir it up where it wanted, rather than flack it where there is such abundance.

Count. What hope is there of his Majesty's amend