REFERENCES DESCRIPTIVE OF THE PLATES. MEASURE FOR MEASURE. THE comic portions of this play, being dialogues without incident, though admirable to the reader, are not adapted for pictorial illustration, and the interest of the serious part would have been broken in upon by the introduction of any unconnecting scene. The attempt, therefore, has not been made. I. The DUKE appointing ANGELO as his deputy in his absence. "DUKE. In our remove, be thou at full ourself: Mortality and mercy in Vienna Live in thy tongue and heart: old Escalus, Though first in question, is thy secondary. Take thy commission. ANG. Now, good my lord, metal, Let there be some more test made of my ACT I. S. 1. B 2 Which have, like unscour'd armour, hung by the wall Freshly on" Claudio. ACT I. S. 3. III. ISABELLA and LUCIO pleading with ANGELO for the life of CLAUDIO. "ISAB. I am a woful suitor to your honour; Please but your honour hear me. ANG. ISAB. I have a brother is condemn'd to die. ANG. LUCIO to ISAB. ISAB. Well; what's your suit? He's sentenced-'tis too late. You are too cold. Alas! alas! Why all the souls that were, were forfeit once. ANG. Be you content, fair maid; It is the law, not I, condemns your brother: Were he my kinsman, brother, or my son, It should be thus with him: he must die to-morrow. ISAB. To-morrow! oh! that's sudden!-Spare him! spare him!" ACT II. S. 2. |