_Ang._ At any time "fore noon. 160
_Isab._ "Save your honour!
[_Exeunt Isabella, Lucio, and Provost._
_Ang._ From thee,--even from thy virtue!
What"s this, what"s this? Is this her fault or mine?
The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?
Ha!
Not she; nor doth she tempt: but it is I 165 That, lying by the violet in the sun, Do as the carrion does, not as the flower, Corrupt with virtuous season. Can it be That modesty may more betray our sense Than woman"s lightness? Having waste ground enough, 170 Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary, And pitch our evils there? O, fie, fie, fie!
What dost thou, or what art thou, Angelo?
Dost thou desire her foully for those things That make her good? O, let her brother live: 175 Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves. What, do I love her, That I desire to hear her speak again, And feast upon her eyes? What is"t I dream on?
O cunning enemy, that, to catch a saint, 180 With saints dost bait thy hook! Most dangerous Is that temptation that doth goad us on To sin in loving virtue: never could the strumpet, With all her double vigour, art and nature, Once stir my temper; but this virtuous maid 185 Subdues me quite. Ever till now, When men were fond, I smiled, and wonder"d how. [_Exit._
NOTES: II, 2.
SCENE II.] SCENE VI. Pope.
[Transcriber"s Note: Pope"s Scene VII is not identified. Scene VIII begins at line 161.]
1: _he will_] _he"ll_ Pope.
4: _but as offended_] _offended but as_ Grant White.
5: _sects_] _sorts_ S. Walker conj.
_of this_] _o" th"_ Hanmer.
9: _dost thou_] om. Hanmer.
12: _Go to_] om. Hanmer.
14: _honour"s_] om. Pope.
17: _fitter_] _fitting_ Pope.
22: _Well_] om. Pope.
25: _for"t_] _for it_ Pope.
_G.o.d save_] _"Save_ Ff.
26: _a little_] _yet a_ Pope.
28: _Please_] _"Please_ Ff.
_Well_] om. Pope.
30: _And most_] _And more_ Rowe.
32: _must not plead, but that_] _must plead, albeit_ Hanmer.
_must now plead, but yet_ Johnson conj.
40: _To fine_] _to find_ Theobald.
_faults_] _fault_ Dyce.
46: _more tame a_] _a more tame_ Rowe.
53: _might you_] _you might_ S. Walker conj.
55: _him._] _him?_ Ff.
56: _You are_] _Yo art_ F2. _Thou art_ Collier MS.
58: _back_] F2 F3 F4. om. F1.
_Well,_] _and_ Hanmer.
_Well, believe_] _Well believe_ Knight.
59: _"longs_] Theobald, _longs_ Ff. _belongs_ Pope.
73: _that were_] _that are_ Warburton.
76: _top_] _G.o.d_ Collier MS.
80: _condemn_] _condemns_ Rowe.
82: _must die_] _dies_ Pope.
83: Printed as two lines in Ff, the first ending _sudden_.
85: _shall we serve_] _serve we_ Pope.
92: _the first_] Ff. _the first man_ Pope.
_he, the first_ Capell (Tyrwhitt conj.).
_the first one_ Collier MS. _but the first_ Grant White.
_the first he_ Spedding conj.
_the first that_] _he who first_ Davenant"s version.
_did the edict_] _the edict did_ Keightley conj.
95: _that shows what_] _which shews that_ Hanmer.
96: _Either now_] _Or new_ Pope. _Either new_ Dyce.
99: _ere_] Hanmer. _here_ Ff. _where_ Malone.
104: _Be_] _Then be_ Pope.
107: _it is_] _"tis_ Pope.
108: _it is_] om. Hanmer.
111: _ne"er_] _never_ F1.
113: _Would_] _Incessantly would_ Hanmer.
114: _Heaven_] _sweet Heaven_ Hanmer.
116: _Split"st_] _splits_ F1.
117: _but_] F1. _O but_ F2 F3 F4.
_proud_] _weak, proud_ Malone conj.
120: _gla.s.sy_] _gra.s.sy_ Lloyd conj.
126: _We_] _You_ Collier MS.
_cannot_] _can but_ Anon. conj.
_ourself_] _yourself_ Theobald (Warburton).
127: _saints_] _sins_ Anon. conj.
129: _i" the right_] _i" th right_ F1 F2. _i" right_ F3 F4.
_right_ Pope. _in the right_ Steevens.
132: _avised_] _avis"d_ F1 F2. _advis"d_ F3 F4. _thou advis"d_ Hanmer.
_more on"t_] _more on"t, yet more_ Hanmer.
140: _your_] _you_ F2.
142: _breeds_] _bleeds_ Pope.
149: _shekels_] Pope. _sickles_ Ff. _cycles_ Collier conj.
_circles_ Collier MS. See note (VII).
150: _rates are_] Johnson. _rate are_ Ff. _rate is_ Hanmer.
157: _Amen_] _Amen! I say_ Hanmer. See note (VIII).
159: _Where_] _Which your_ Johnson conj.
160: _your lordship_] _you lordship_ F2. _you_ Hanmer.
161: _"Save_] _G.o.d save_ Edd. conj.
161: SCENE VIII. Pope.
163: _Ha!_] om. Pope.
166: _by_] _with_ Capell.
172: _evils_] _offals_ Collier MS.
183: _never_] _ne"er_ Pope.
186: _Ever till now_] F1. _Even till now_ F2 F3 F4.
_Even till this very now_ Pope. _Ever till this very now_ Theobald.
_Even from youth till now_ Collier MS.