Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Vlys. The vnity, and married calme of States
Vlys. Quite from their fixure? O, when Degree is shak'd,
Vlys. (Which is the Ladder to all high designes)
Vlys. The enterprize is sicke. How could Communities,
Vlys. Degrees in Schooles, and Brotber‑hoods in Cities,
Vlys. Peacefull Commerce from diuidable shores,
Vlys. The primogenitiue, and due of Byrth,
Vlys. Prerogatiue of Age, Crownes, Scepters, Lawrels,
Vlys. (But by Degree) stand in Authentique place?
Vlys. Take but Degree away, vn‑tune that string,
Vlys. And hearke what Discord followes: each thing meetes
Vlys. In mere oppugnancie. The bounded Waters,
Vlys. Should lift their bosomes higher then the Shores,
Vlys. And make a soppe of all this solid Globe:
Vlys. Strength should be Lord of imbecility,
Vlys. And the rude Sonne should strike his Father dead:
Vlys. Force should be right, or rather, right and wrong,
Vlys. (Betweene whose endlesse iarre, Iustice recides)
Vlys. Should loose her names, and so should Iustice too.
Vlys. Then euery thing includes it selfe in Power,