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Shakespeare's Library (Volume 2); A Collection of the Ancient Romances, Novels, Legends, Poems, and Histories, Used by Shakespeare as the Foundation of His Dramas - Softcover
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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1850. Excerpt: ... Her face shall seeme so chaunged, her doynges eke so straunge, That you will greatly wonder at so great and sodain chaunge. Not onely she forbeares her meate, her drinke, and sleepe, But now she tendeth nothing els but to lament and weepe. No greater joy hath she, nothing contentes her hart So much, as in the chaumber close to shut her selfe apart: Where she doth so torment her poore afflicted mynde, That much in daunger standesherlyfe, except sommehelpe wefynde. But (out alas) I see not how it may be founde, Unlesse that fyrst we might fynd whence her sorowes thus abounde. For though with busy care I have employde my wit, And used all the wayes I knew to learne the truth of it, Neither extremitie ne gentle meanes could boote; She hydeth close within her brest her secret sorowes roote. This was my fyrst conceite, that all her ruth arose Out of her coosin Tybalts death, late slayne of dedly foes ; But now my hart doth hold a new repugnant thought; Some greater thing, not Tybalts death, this chaunge in her hath wrought. Her selfe assured me that many dayes agoe She shed the last of Tybalts teares; which woord amasd me so That I then could not gesse what thing els might her greeve: But now at length I have bethought me; and I doe beleve The onely crop and roote of all my daughters payne Is grudgeing envies faynt disease: perhaps she doth disdayne To see in wedlocke yoke the most part of her feeres, Whilst onely she unmaried doth lose so many yeres. And more perchaunce she thinkes you mynd to kepe her so ; Wherfore dispayring doth she weare her selfe away with woe. Therfore (deere Syr) in time take on your daughter ruth ; For why, a brickel thing is glasse, and frayle is frayllesse youth. Joyne her at once to somme in linke of mariage, That may be meete for our degree, and much about he...
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