The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
page 40 of 136 (29%)
page 40 of 136 (29%)
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Take't vp, I say: giue't to thy Croane
Paul. For euer Vnvenerable be thy hands, if thou Tak'st vp the Princesse, by that forced basenesse Which he ha's put vpon't Leo. He dreads his Wife Paul. So I would you did: then 'twere past all doubt Youl'd call your children, yours Leo. A nest of Traitors Ant. I am none, by this good light Pau. Nor I: nor any But one that's heere: and that's himselfe: for he, The sacred Honor of himselfe, his Queenes, His hopefull Sonnes, his Babes, betrayes to Slander, Whose sting is sharper then the Swords; and will not (For as the case now stands, it is a Curse He cannot be compell'd too't) once remoue The Root of his Opinion, which is rotten, As euer Oake, or Stone was sound Leo. A Callat Of boundlesse tongue, who late hath beat her Husband, And now bayts me: This Brat is none of mine, It is the Issue of Polixenes. |
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