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VIOLA
You either fear his humour, or my negligence, [5] that you call in question
the continuance of his love. Is he inconstant, sir, in his favours?
VALENTINE
No, believe me.
Enter Duke, Curio, and Attendants.
VIOLA
I thank you. Here comes the Count.
DUKE
Who saw Cesario, ho? [10]
VIOLA
On your attendance, my lord, here.
DUKE
(To Curio and Attendants)
Stand you awhile aloof.
(To Viola)
Cesario,
Thou know’st no less but all: I have unclasp’d
To thee the book even of my secret soul.
Therefore, good youth, address thy gait unto her, [15]
Be not denied access, stand at her doors,
And tell them, there thy fixed foot shall grow
Till thou have audience.
VIOLA
Sure, my noble lord,
If she be so abandon’d to her sorrow
As it is spoke, she never will admit me. [20]
DUKE
Be clamorous, and leap all civil bounds,
