Measure for Measure (1603-4)

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by Shakespeare, adapted by Thomas Middleton in 1621
Date variant: 1604
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Act IV, Scene 5

Fields without the town. [ NB: Varrius, friend to the Duke, is a silent role. ]

Vincentio
These letters at fit time deliver me
[Giving letters]
The provost knows our purpose and our plot.
The matter being afoot, keep your instruction,
And hold you ever to our special drift;
Though sometimes you do blench from this to that,
As cause doth minister. Go call at Flavius' house,
And tell him where I stay: give the like notice
To Valentinus, Rowland, and to Crassus,
And bid them bring the trumpets to the gate;
But send me Flavius first.

Friar Peter
It shall be speeded well.

Vincentio
I thank thee, Varrius; thou hast made good haste:
Come, we will walk. There's other of our friends
Will greet us here anon, my gentle Varrius.

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Measure for Measure (1603-4)

Act IV, Scene 5

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