The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
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Euen so as I mine owne course haue set downe:
Ile giue no blemish to her Honor, none Cam. My Lord, Goe then; and with a countenance as cleare As Friendship weares at Feasts, keepe with Bohemia, And with your Queene: I am his Cup-bearer, If from me he haue wholesome Beueridge, Account me not your Seruant Leo. This is all: Do't, and thou hast the one halfe of my heart; Do't not, thou splitt'st thine owne Cam. Ile do't, my Lord Leo. I wil seeme friendly, as thou hast aduis'd me. Exit Cam. O miserable Lady. But for me, What case stand I in? I must be the poysoner Of good Polixenes, and my ground to do't, Is the obedience to a Master; one, Who in Rebellion with himselfe, will haue All that are his, so too. To doe this deed, Promotion followes: If I could find example Of thousand's that had struck anoynted Kings, And flourish'd after, Il'd not do't: But since Nor Brasse, nor Stone, nor Parchment beares not one, |
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