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Page 112
... Elbow and Officers with Froth and Pompey ELBOW Come , bring them away . If these be good people in a commonweal , that do nothing but use their abuses in common houses , I know no law . Bring them away . ANGELO How now , sir , what's ...
... Elbow and Officers with Froth and Pompey ELBOW Come , bring them away . If these be good people in a commonweal , that do nothing but use their abuses in common houses , I know no law . Bring them away . ANGELO How now , sir , what's ...
Page 113
... Elbow ) Go to . What quality are they of ? Elbow is your name ? Why dost thou not speak , Elbow ? POMPEY He cannot , sir , he's out at elbow . ANGELO What are you , sir ? ELBOW He , sir ? A tapster , sir , parcel bawd , one that serves ...
... Elbow ) Go to . What quality are they of ? Elbow is your name ? Why dost thou not speak , Elbow ? POMPEY He cannot , sir , he's out at elbow . ANGELO What are you , sir ? ELBOW He , sir ? A tapster , sir , parcel bawd , one that serves ...
Page 120
... Elbow ; come hither , Master constable . How long have you been in this place of constable ? ELBOW Seven year and a half , sir . ESCALUS I thought by the readiness in the office you had continued in it some time . You say seven years to ...
... Elbow ; come hither , Master constable . How long have you been in this place of constable ? ELBOW Seven year and a half , sir . ESCALUS I thought by the readiness in the office you had continued in it some time . You say seven years to ...
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Angelo appear authority believe body bring brother characters Claudio clear clearly comes common contract death Duke Duke's edition editors effect Elbow Elizabethan Enter ESCALUS evil example executed Exeunt Exit Folio follow friar give given glosses grace hath head heaven Henry honour implying indicate intended Isabella justice kind king letter lines live London look lord LUCIO Mariana married matter mean Measure for Measure Mistress nature never offence Officers opening Overdone OXFORD pardon performance perhaps person phrase play Pompey possibly present prison probably proverbial Provost punishment recorded refer regarded scene seems sense sexual Shakespeare sister speak speech stage stand story suggests term thee thing thou thought Tilley tion true turn wife woman women