Digital facsimile of the Bodleian First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, Arch. G c.7
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Merch. At eighteene yeeres became inquisitiue
Merch. After his brother; and importun'd me
Merch. That his attendant, so his case was like,
Merch. Reft of his brother, but retain'd his name,
Merch. Might beare him company in the quest of him:
Merch. Whom whil'st I laboured of a loue to see,
Merch. I hazarded the losse of whom I lou'd.
Merch. Fiue Sommers haue I spent in farthest Greece,
Merch. Roming cleane through the bounds of Asia,
Merch. And coasting homeward, came to Ephesus:
Merch. Hopelesse to finde, yet loth to leaue vnsought
Merch. Or that, or any place that harbours men:
Merch. But heere must end the story of my life,
Merch. And happy were I in my timelie death,
Merch. Could all my trauells warrant me they liue.
Duke. Duke.
Duke. Haplesse Egeon whom the fates haue markt
Duke. To beare the extremitie of dire mishap:
Duke. Now trust me, were it not against our Lawes,
Duke. Against my Crowne, my oath, my dignity,