MEASURE FOR MEASURE

Act 4 Scene 6

(Enter Isabella and Mariana)
l1l	Isabella	 To speak so indirectly I am loath—
l2l		I would say the truth, but to accuse him so,
l3l		That is your part—yet I am advised to do it,
l4l		He says, to veil full purpose.
	Mariana	Be ruled by him.
l5l	Isabella	Besides, he tells me that if peradventure
l6l		He speak against me on the adverse side,
l7l		I should not think it strange, for ’tis a physic
l8l		That’s bitter to sweet end.
		(Enter Friar Peter)
l9l	Mariana	 I would Friar Peter—
l10l	Isabella	O, peace# the friar is come.
l11l	Friar Peter	Come, I have found you out a stand most fit,
l12l		Where you may have such vantage on the Duke
l13l		He shall not pass you. Twice have the trumpets sounded.
l14l		The generous and gravest citizens
l15l		Have hent the gates, and very near upon
l16l		The Duke is ent’ring# therefore hence, away.
		(Exeunt)
	[[ACT INTERVAL]]