Reading Measure, for Measure — William Shakespeare

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Cla.

Vnhappely, euen so.

And the new Deputie, now for the Duke,

Whether it be the fault and glimpse of newnes,

Or whether that the body publique, be

A horse whereon the Gouernor doth ride,

Who newly in the Seate, that it may know

He can command; lets it strait feele the spur:

Whether the Tirranny be in his place,

Or in his Eminence that fills it vp

I stagger in: But this new Gouernor

Awakes me all the inrolled penalties

Which haue (like vn‑scowr'd Armor) hung by th'wall

So long, that ninteene Zodiacks haue gone round,

And none of them beene worne; and for a name

Now puts the drowsie and neglected Act

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