Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Rich. Rich.
Rich. Say, I her Soueraigne, am her Subiect low.
Qu. Qu.
Qu. But she your Subiect, lothes such Soueraignty.
Rich. Be eloquent in my behalfe to her.
Qu. An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told.
Rich. Then plainly, to her, tell my louing tale.
Qu. Plaine and not honest, is too harsh a style.
Rich. Your Reasons are too shallow, and to quicke.
Qu. O no, my Reasons are too deepe and dead,
Qu. Too deepe and dead (poore Infants) in their graues,
Qu. Harpe on it still shall I, till heart‑strings breake.
Rich. Harpe not on that string Madam, that is past.