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nia, thus_. p. 199, ll. 9 and 10. B--D and G] 3 ll. _Ladie, passe, King_. ll. 12 and 13. A and G] 2 ll. _from, remov'd_. p. 201, ll. 7 and 8. A] 2 ll. _All, folly_. l. 15. A] 2 ll. _Sir, warrant_. ll. 39 and 40. p. 202, ll. 19--22. A] Prose. p. 204, l. 6. A--D and G] 2 ll. _false, letter_. ll. 36--38. A] 2 ll. _Truth, Prince_. p. 205, ll. 26 and 27. A--D and G] 3 ll. _Another, distance, opinion_. p. 207, ll. 11--13. A--D and G] 3 ll. _Toge-, man, brother_. I. 24. A--D and G] 2 ll. _Sir, since_. p. 209, ll. 31 and 32. A] 2 ll. _me, brother_. p. 212, ll. ii and 12. A] 3 ll. _Panthea, gaze, out_. ll. 23 and 24. A] 2 ll. _you, gone_. Act 5 is in verse in Quartos A, B, C and D, in prose in Quartos E and F from p. 214, I. 22. As the Second Folio also prints it in prose it has been decided to give here the verse of Quarto A (1619) in full. Actus Quinti Scaena Prima. _Enter Mardonius, and Ligones_. _Mar_. Sir, the King has seene your Commission, and beleeves it, and freely by this warrant gives you leave to visit Prince _Tigranes_ your noble Master. _Lig_. I thanke his Grace, and kisse his hands. _Mar_. But is the maine of all your businesse Ended in this? _Lig_. I have another, but a worse; I am asham'd, it is a businesse.-- _Mar_. You serve a worthy person, and a stranger I am sure you are; you may imploy mee if you please, without your purse, such Officers should ever be their owne rewards. _Lig_. I am bound to your noblenesse. _Mar_. I may have neede of you, and then this curtesie, If it be any, is not ill bestowed: But may I civilly desire the rest? I shall not be a hurter, if no helper. _Lig_. Sir, you shall know I have lost a foolish daughter, And with her all my patience; pilferd away By a meane Captaine of your Kings. _Mar_. Stay there Sir: If he have reacht the noble worth of Captaine, He may well claime a worthy gentlewoman, Though shee were yours, and noble. _Lig_. I grant all that too: but this wretched fellow Reaches no further then the emptie name, That serves to feede him; were he valiant, Or had but in him any noble nature, That might hereafter promise him a good man; My cares were something lighter, and my grave A span yet from me. _Mar_. I confesse such fellowes Be in all royall Campes, and have, and must be To make the sinne of coward more detested
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