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Shakespeare's comedy of Love's labour's lost
Shakespeare's comedy of Love's labour's lost Author:William Shakespeare Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: King. [Reads] -sorted and consorted, contrary to thy established proclaimed edict and continent canon, with—with—O, with—but with this I passion to say wherewith... more »,'— Costard. With a wench. 250 King. [Reads] ''with a child of our grandmother Eve, a female ; or. for thy more sweet understanding, a woman. Him I, as my ever-esteemed duty pricks me on, have sent to thee, to receive the meed of punishment, by thy swset grace's officer, Anthony Dull, a man of good repute, carriage, bearing, and estimation.' Dull. Me, an 't shall please you ; I am Anthony Dull. King. [Reads] ' For Jaquenetta,—so is the weaker vessel called which I apprehended with the aforesaid swain,—/ keep her as a vessel of thy law's fury, and shall, at t/ie least of thy sweet notice, bring her to trial. Thine, in all compliments of devoted and heart-burning heat of duty, 262 ' Don Adriano De Armado.' Biron. This is not so well as I looked for, but the best that ever I heard. King. Ay, the best for the worst—But, sirrah, what say you to this ? Costard. Sir, I confess the wench. King. Did you hear the proclamation ? Costard. I do confess much of the hearing it, but little of the marking of it. 270 King. It was proclaimed a year's imprisonment, to be taken with a wench. Costard. I was taken with none, sir; I was taken with a damosel. King. Well, it was proclaimed damosel. Costard. This was no damosel neither, sir; she was a virgin. King. It is so varied too ; for it was proclaimed virgin. Costard. If it were, 1 deny her virginity I was taken with d maid. . King. This maid will not serve your turn, sir. 280Costard. This maid will serve my turn, sir. King. Sir, I will pronounce your sentence : you shall fast a week with bran and water. Costard. I had rather pray a mo...« less