Measure for Measure - Act 4 Scene 6

Measure for Measure

The full text of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure : Act 4 Scene 6

Street near the City Gate.

Enter ISABELLA and MARIANA.

Isab. To speak so indirectly I am loath:

I would say the truth; but to accuse him so,

That is your part: yet I'm advis'd to do it;

He says, to veil full purpose.

Mari. Be rul'd by him.

Isab. Besides, he tells me that if peradventure

He speak against me on the adverse side,

I should not think it strange; for 'tis a physic

That's bitter to sweet end.

Mari. I would, Friar Peter—

Isab. O, peace! the friar is come.

Enter FRIAR PETER.

F. Peter. Come; I have found you out a stand most fit,

Where you may have such vantage on the duke,

He shall not pass you. Twice have the trumpets sounded:

The generous and gravest citizens

Have hent the gates, and very near upon

The duke is ent'ring: therefore hence, away! [Exeunt.