Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Ch. Iust. Be now the Father, and propose a Sonne:
Ch. Iust. Heare your owne dignity so much prophan'd,
Ch. Iust. See your most dreadfull Lawes, so loosely slighted;
Ch. Iust. Behold your selfe, so by a Sonne disdained:
Ch. Iust. And then imagine me, taking you part,
Ch. Iust. And in your power, soft silencing your Sonne:
Ch. Iust. After this cold considerance, sentence me;
Ch. Iust. And, as you are a King, speake in your state,
Ch. Iust. What I haue done, that misbecame my place,
Ch. Iust. My person, or my Lieges Soueraigntie.
Prin. Prin.
Prin. You are right Iustice, and you weigh this well:
Prin. Therefore still beare the Ballance, and the Sword:
Prin. And I do wish your Honors may encrease,
Prin. Till you do liue, to see a Sonne of mine
Prin. Offend you, and obey you, as I did.
Prin. So shall I liue, to speake my Fathers words:
Prin. Happy am I, that haue a man so bold,
Prin. That dares do Iustice, on my proper Sonne;
Prin. And no lesse happy, hauing such a Sonne,