Act IV. Scene VI. Measure for Measure. Craig, W.J., ed. 1914. The Oxford Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616). The Oxford Shakespeare. 1914.

Measure for Measure

Act IV. Scene VI.

Street near the City Gate.

Enter ISABELLA and MARIANA.
Isab. To speak so indirectly I am loath:
I would say the truth; but to accuse him so,	4
That is your part: yet I’m advis’d to do it;
He says, to veil full purpose.
Mari. Be rul’d by him.
Isab. Besides, he tells me that if peradventure	8
He speak against me on the adverse side,
I should not think it strange; for ’tis a physic
That’s bitter to sweet end.
Mari. I would, Friar Peter—	12
Isab. O, peace! the friar is come.

Enter FRIAR PETER.
F. Peter. Come; I have found you out a stand most fit,
Where you may have such vantage on the duke,	16
He shall not pass you. Twice have the trumpets sounded:
The generous and gravest citizens
Have hent the gates, and very near upon
The duke is ent’ring: therefore hence, away! [Exeunt.	20