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I swear to you, Nerissa,
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- I am more weary of this great world.
- You would be, sweet madam,
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if your miseries were as plentiful
as your good fortunes are.
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And yet, from what I see,
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they are as sick that have it in excess
as those that starve with nothing.
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If doing were as easy
as knowing what were good to do,
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chapels had been churches,
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and poor men"s cottages princes" palaces.
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But this reasoning is
not in the way to choose me a husband.
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O me, the word "choose"!
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I may neither choose who I would
nor refuse who I dislike.
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So is the will of a living daughter
ruled by a dead father.
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Is it not hard, Nerissa,
that I cannot choose one nor refuse none?
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Your father was always virtuous,
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and holy men, at their death,
have good inspirations.
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Therefore the lottery, that he devised
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in these three chests
of gold and silver and lead,
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so that who chooses his meaning
chooses you,
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will no doubt only be guessed, rightly,
by someone who you shall rightly love.
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Right.
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What warmth is there
in your affection
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towards any of these princely suitors
that are already come?
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Pray name them, and
as you name them I will describe them,
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and, according
to my description, level at my affection.
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How say you of the French lord,
Monsieur Le Bon?
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Oh, God.
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God made him,
and therefore let him pass for a man.
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I know it is a sin to be a mocker, but he...!
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What say you to Falconbridge,
the young baron of England?
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How oddly he"s suited!
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And the Duke of Saxony"s nephew?
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Very vilely in the morning
when he is sober,