Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
Act 4 - Scene 6
Street near the city gate.
Isabella : To speak so indirectly I am loath:
[p]I would say the truth; but to
accuse him so,
[p]That is your part: yet I am advised to do it;
[p]He
says, to veil full purpose.
Mariana : Be ruled by him.
Isabella : Besides, he tells me that, if peradventure
[p]He speak against me on
the adverse side,
[p]I should not think it strange; for 'tis a
physic
[p]That's bitter to sweet end.
Mariana : I would Friar Peter--
Isabella : O, peace! the friar is come.
Friar Peter : Come, I have found you out a stand most fit,
[p]Where you may have
such vantage on the duke,
[p]He shall not pass you. Twice have the
trumpets sounded;
[p]The generous and gravest citizens
[p]Have hent
the gates, and very near upon
[p]The duke is entering: therefore,
hence, away!
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