Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Ang. Against the thing I say: Answere to this,
Ang. I (now the voyce of the recorded Law)
Ang. Pronounce a sentence on your Brothers life,
Ang. Might there not be a charitie in sinne,
Ang. To saue this Brothers life?
Isab. Isab.
Isab. Please you to doo't,
Isab. Ile take it as a perill to my soule,
Isab. It is no sinne at all, but charitie.
Ang. Ang.
Ang. Pleas'd you to doo't, at perill of your soule
Ang. Were equall poize of sinne, and charitie.
Isab. That I do beg his life, if it be sinne
Isab. Heauen let me beare it: you granting of my suit,
Isab. If that be sin, Ile make it my Morne‑praier,
Isab. To haue it added to the faults of mine,
Isab. And nothing of your answere.
Ang. Nay, but heare me,