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the_o soul_n walk_v as_o in_o a_o melancholy_a posture_n enter_v monsieur_fw-fr pere_fw-fr pere_n what_o son_n loverlike_o already_o before_o you_o have_v see_v your_o mistress_n well_o her_o father_n and_o i_o be_o agree_v there_o be_v nothing_o want_v but_o the_o priest_n and_o ceremony_n and_o all_o be_v do_v frere_n sir_n there_o be_v our_o affection_n want_v for_o we_o never_o see_v one_o another_o wherefore_o it_o be_v not_o know_v whether_o we_o shall_v affect_v or_o nor_o pere_n i_o hope_v you_o be_v not_o so_o disobedient_a to_o dispute_v your_o father_n will_n frere_n and_o i_o hope_v sir_n you_o will_v not_o be_v so_o unkind_a as_o to_o force_v i_o to_o marry_v one_o i_o can_v love_v pere_n not_o love_v why_o she_o be_v the_o rich_a heiress_n in_o the_o kingdom_n frere_n i_o be_o not_o covetous_a sir_n i_o have_v rather_o please_v my_o fancy_n than_o increase_v my_o estate_n pere_n your_o fancy_n let_v i_o tell_v you_o that_o your_o fancy_n be_v a_o fool_n and_o if_o you_o 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scene_n 18._o enter_v the_o sociable_a virgin_n and_o two_o grave_a matron_n matron_n come_v lady_n how_o will_v you_o pass_v your_o time_n today_o i_o virgin_n pray_v let_v we_o sit_v and_o rhyme_n and_o those_o that_o be_v out_o shall_v lose_v a_o collation_n to_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o society_n all_o speak_v agree_v agree_v i_o virgin_n love_n be_v both_o kind_a and_o cruel_a as_o fire_n unto_o fuel_n it_o do_v embrace_v and_o burn_v give_v life_n and_o prove_v death_n urn_n 2_o virgin_n a_o lower_a sky_n and_o sunny_a ray_n be_v like_o a_o commendation_n with_o dispraise_n or_o like_a to_o cypress_n bind_v to_o bay_n or_o like_a to_o tear_n on_o wedding_n day_n 3_o virgin_n a_o flatter_a tongue_n and_o a_o false_a heart_n a_o kind_n embrace_v which_o make_v i_o start_v a_o beauteous_a form_n a_o soul_n that_o be_v evil_a be_v like_o a_o angel_n but_o a_o devil_n 4_o virgin_n a_o woman_n old_a to_o have_v a_o amorous_a passion_n a_o puritan_n in_o a_o fantastic_a fashion_n a_o 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for_o she_o be_v handsome_a well-behaved_a well-bred_a a_o great_a estate_n and_o of_o a_o good_a fame_n and_o family_n frere_n and_o may_v she_o have_v a_o husband_n answerable_a soeur_fw-fr why_o so_o she_o will_v when_o she_o marry_v you_o frere_n i_o can_v equal_v her_o virtue_n nor_o merit_v her_o beauty_n wherefore_o i_o will_v not_o injure_v she_o with_o marriage_n soeur_fw-fr will_v you_o not_o marry_v she_o frere_n no_o soeur_fw-fr i_o hope_v you_o speak_v not_o in_o earnest_n frere_n in_o truth_n sister_n i_o do_v no_o not_o jest_n soeur_fw-fr prithee_o brother_n do_v not_o tell_v my_o father_n so_o for_o if_o you_o do_v he_o will_v be_v in_o such_o a_o fury_n as_o there_o will_v be_v no_o pacify_v he_o frere_n if_o you_o desire_v it_o i_o will_v not_o soeur_fw-fr first_o reason_n with_o yourself_o and_o try_v if_o you_o can_v persuade_v your_o affection_n frere_n affection_n sister_n can_v neither_o be_v persuade_v either_o from_o or_o to_o for_o if_o they_o can_v i_o will_v 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world_n she_o be_v 2_o servant_n o_o she_o be_v a_o sweet-natured_a creature_n for_o she_o will_v never_o speak_v to_o any_o of_o we_o all_o although_o we_o be_v her_o own_o servant_n but_o with_o the_o great_a civility_n as_o pray_v do_v such_o a_o thing_n or_o call_v such_o a_o one_o or_o give_v or_o fetch_v i_o such_o or_o such_o a_o thing_n as_o all_o her_o servant_n love_v she_o so_o well_o as_o they_o will_v have_v lay_v down_o their_o life_n for_o her_o sake_n unless_o it_o be_v her_o maid_n nan_n 1_o servant_n well_o i_o say_v no_o more_o but_o pray_v god_n nan_n have_v not_o give_v she_o a_o spanish_a fig_n 3_o servant_n why_o if_o she_o do_v there_o be_v none_o of_o we_o know_v so_o much_o as_o we_o can_v come_v as_o witness_n against_o she_o enter_v nan_n nan_n it_o be_v a_o strange_a negligence_n that_o you_o stand_v prate_v here_o and_o do_v not_o go_v to_o help_v to_o lay_v my_o lady_n forth_o exit_fw-la nan_n the_o maid_n enter_v monsieur_fw-fr malateste_n and_o pass_v over_o the_o stage_n with_o his_o handkerchief_n before_o his_o eye_n 1_o servant_n my_o master_n weep_v i_o do_v not_o think_v he_o have_v love_v my_o lady_n so_o well_o 2_o servant_n pish_o that_o be_v nothing_o for_o most_o love_v the_o dead_a better_o than_o the_o live_n and_o many_o will_v hate_v a_o friend_n when_o they_o be_v live_v and_o love_v they_o when_o they_o be_v dead_a exeunt_fw-la scene_n 21._o enter_v monsieur_fw-fr frere_n and_o madam_n soeur_fw-fr comes_fw-la after_o and_o find_v he_o weep_v soeur_fw-fr brother_n why_o weep_v you_o frere_n o_o sister_n mortality_n spout_v tear_n through_o my_o eye_n to_o quench_v love_v rage_a fire_n that_o be_v in_o my_o heart_n but_o it_o will_v not_o do_v the_o more_o i_o strive_v with_o great_a fury_n do_v it_o burn_v soeur_fw-fr dear_a brother_n if_o you_o be_v in_o love_n she_o must_v be_v a_o cruel_a woman_n that_o will_v deny_v you_o for_o pure_a and_o virtuous_a love_n soften_v the_o hard_a heart_n and_o melt_v they_o 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