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Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.
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Excerpt: And for my sake, when I might charm thee so, For she that was thy Lucrece, -- now attend me; Be suddenly revenged on my foe, Thine, mine, his own; suppose thou dost defend me From what is past; the help that thou shalt lend me Comes all too late, yet let the traitor die : For sparing justice feeds iniquity7. But ere I name him, you fair lords, quoth she, (Speaking to those that came with Collatine,) Shall plight your honourable faiths to me, With swift pursuit to venge this wrong of mine; For 'tis a meritorious fair design, To chase injustice with revengeful arms: Knights, by their oaths, should right poor ladies' harms8. At this request, with noble disposition Each present lord began to promise aid, As bound in knighthood to her imposition, Longing to hear the hateful foe bewray'd. But she, that yet her sad task hath not said, The protestation stops. O speak, quoth she, How may this forced stain be wip'd from me ? What is the quality of mine offence, Being constrain'd with dreadful circumstance ? May my pure mind with the foul act dispense, See vol. xv. p. 291, n. 6. The former does not seem to have any meaning here. The edition of 1600 has -- one woe. We might read: " To drown in woe one pair of weeping eyes." Malone. 1 For sparing justice feeds iniquity.] So, in Romeo and Juliet: " Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill." Malone. 8 Knights, by their oaths, should right poor ladies' harms.] Here one of the law...
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General Books publication date: 2009
Original publication date: 1821
Original Publisher: R. C. and J. Rivington Subjects: Drama / Shakespeare
History / General
Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It ...