Mari. O, my dear lord, [Kneeling. I crave no other, nor no better man. Duke. You do but lose your labour; Away with him to death.-Now, sir, [to Lucio] to you. Mari. O, my good lord!-Sweet Isabel, fake my part; Lend me your knees, and all my life to come Mari. Isabel, Hold up your hands, say nothing, I'll speak all. Duke. He dies for Claudio's death. Most bounteous sir, [Kneeling. For Angelo, His act did not o'ertake his bad intent; And must be buried but as an intent That perish'd by the way: thoughts are no subjects; Intents but merely thoughts. Mari. Merely, my lord. Duke. Your suit 's unprofitable; stand up, I say.— I have bethought me of another fault :— Provost, how came it Claudio was beheaded Prov. It was commanded so. Duke. Had you a special warrant for the deed? Prov. No, my good lord; it was by private message. Duke. For which I do discharge you of your office : Give up your keys. Prov. Duke. Prov. What 's he? His name is Barnardine. Duke. I would thou hadst done so by Claudio.Go, fetch him hither; let me look upon him. [Exit Provost. Ang. I am sorry that such sorrow I procure: Re-enter Provost, BARNARDINE, CLAUDIO, and JULIET. Prov. This, my lord. Duke. There was a friar told me of this man :Sirrah, thou art said to have a stubborn soul, That apprehends no further than this world, And squar'st thy life according. Thou 'rt condemn'd; I leave him to your hand. What muffled fellow 's that? Prov. This is another prisoner that I sav'd, That should have died when Claudio lost his head; [Unmuffles CLAUDIO. Duke. If he be like your brother, [to ISABELLA] for his sake Is he pardon'd: And, for your lovely sake, Look that you love your wife; her worth, worth yours.— And yet here 's one in place I cannot pardon :- One all of luxury, an ass, a madman; Lucio. 'Faith, my lord, I spoke it but according to the trick: If you will hang me for it, you may, but I had rather it would please you I might be whipped. Duke. Whipp'd first, sir, and hang'd after. Proclaim it, provost, round about the city; If any woman's wrong'd by this lewd fellow, (As I have heard him swear himself there 's one Whom he begot with child,) let her appear, And he shall marry her: the nuptial finish'd, Let him be whipp'd and hang'd. Lucio. I beseech your highness, do not marry me to a whore! Your highness said even now, I made you a a Quits-requites. b According to the trick-after the fashion of banter and exaggeration. duke; good my lord, do not recompense me in making me a cuckold. Duke. Upon mine honour, thou shalt marry her. Remit thy other forfeits :-Take him to prison : Lucio. Marrying a punk, my lord, is pressing to death, whipping, and hanging. Duke. Slandering a prince deserves it. She, Claudio, that you wrong'd, look you restore. I have confess'd her, and I know her virtue. What 's mine is yours and what is yours is mine: What's yet behind, that 's meet you all should know. a More gratulate-more to be rejoiced in. [Exeunt. WORKS PUBLISHED BY C. KNIGHT AND Co., 22, LUDGATE STREET. 1. SKETCHES OF CHINA: Partly during an Inland Journey of Four Mouths, between Peking, Nanking, and Canton. By JOHN FRANCIS DAVIS, Esq., F.R.S., &c., late Whilst the partisans of the present and the late administrations are disputing for the honour of having suggested the ope rations which have led to the termination of the war in China, it has not been unnoticed that to the sagacity and experience of the author of this and the following work is to be traced the public announcement of the principle through which the Chinese goverument was to be most effectually contended against. The following is the conclusion of Mr. Davis's last work, published in 1841-"The cruise of the Conway and Algerine has established the most important fact, that the great Keang is navigable forty miles inwards from its mouth, and that a clear chanuel exists for vessels of any size, with a depth of five or six fathoms water. Whenever it shall be found necessary or expedient to make war' ou the Chinese government, in the sense which that term bears everywhere else, nothing can at once so severely distress and perplex it as the blockade of the Grand Canal at Kwa-chow; but this, to be completely effective, must commence before the grain and tribute junks begin their departure for the northward, in the month of May, or perhaps earlier. When it is considered that the food and clothing of Peking, the rice and tea, the silk and cotton, proceed almost entirely from the south of the great river, by what may really be called the alimentary canal of the empire, it is impossible not to acknowledge the importance of this point, so vulnerable to our steamers and ships of war, and at the same time so vital to the Chinese." The next extract is from The Chinese,' the first edition of which was published as far back as 1836:-" When the pirate Kothinga ravaged the eastern coasts, he sailed easily up the mouth of the Keang to Nanking; and there is reason to suppose |