Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Hell. So holy Writ, in babes hath iudgement showne,
Hell. When Iudges haue bin babes; great flouds haue flowne
Hell. From simple sources: and great Seas haue dried
Hell. When Miracles haue by the great'st beene denied.
Hell. Oft expectation failes, and most oft there
Hell. Where most it promises: and oft it hits,
Hell. Where hope is coldest, and despaire most shifts.
King. King.
King. I must not heare thee, fare thee wel kind maide,
King. Thy paines not vs'd, must by thy selfe be paid,
King. Proffers not tooke, reape thanks for their reward.
Hel. Hel.
Hel. Inspired Merit so by breath is bard,
Hel. It is not so with him that all things knowes
Hel. As 'tis with vs, that square our guesse by showes:
Hel. But most it is presumption in vs, when
Hel. The help of heauen we count the act of men.
Hel. Deare sir, to my endeauors giue consent,
Hel. Of heauen, not me, make an experiment.
Hel. I am not an Imposture, that proclaime