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The Plays of Shakspeare (5); Printed From the Text of Samuel Johnson, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed
The Plays of Shakspeare Printed From the Text of Samuel Johnson George Steevens and Isaac Reed - 5 Author:William Shakespeare Volume: 5 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1807 Original Publisher: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme Subjects: Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Drama / Shakespeare Fiction / Classics History / General Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original... more ». It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: PERSONS OF THE DRAMA. So Linus, Duke of Ephesus. egf. on, a Merchant of Syracuse. A / r , ') Twin Brothers, and Sons to Antipholus of Ephesus, I , . if A. A, GEONna Emilia, but Antipholus of Syracuse, ' J unknown to each other. Dromio of Ephesus, ) Twin Brothers, and Attendants Dromio of Syracuse, i on the two Antipholus's. Balthazar, a Merchant. Anoelo, a Goldsmith. A Merchant, Friend to Antipholus of Syracuse. Pinch, a Schoolmaster, and a Conjurer. ./emilia, Wife to JEoEON, an Abbess at Ephesus. Adriana, Wife to Antipholus of Ephesus. Luc Ian A, her Sister. Luce, her Servant. A Courtezan. Gaoler, Officers, and other Attendants. SCENE, Ephesus. COMEDY OF ERRORS. ACT I. SCENE I. -- A Hall in the Duke's Palace. Enter Duke, TEcEON, Gaoler, Officers, arid other Attendants. JEgc. Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall, And, by the doom of death, end woes and all. Duke. Merchant of Syracusa, plead no more ; I am not partial, to infringe our laws: Vol. x. A The enmity and discord, which of late Sprung from the rancorous outrage of your duke To merchants, our well-dealing countrymen, -- Who, wanting gilders to redeem their lives, Have sealed his rigorous statutes with their bloods, -- Excludes all pity from our threat'ning looks. For, since the mortal and intestine jars, Twixt thy seditious countrymen and us, It hath in solemn synods been decreed, Both by the Sy...« less