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ACT V IT
Scene I IT
Enter Helena, the Widow, and Diana, with two attendants.
HELENA
But this exceeding posting day and night
Must wear your spirits low. We cannot help it;
But since you have made the days and nights as one
To wear your gentle limbs in my affairs,
Be bold you do so grow in my requital [5]
As nothing can unroot you.
Enter a Gentleman, Astringer to the King.
In happy time!
This man may help me to his majesty’s ear,
If he would spend his power. God save you, sir!
GENTLEMAN
And you.
HELENA
Sir, I have seen you in the court of France. [10]
GENTLEMAN
I have been sometimes there.
HELENA
I do presume, sir, that you are not fallen
From the report that goes upon your goodness;
And therefore, goaded with most sharp occasions
Which lay nice manners by, I put you to [15]
The use of your own virtues, for the which
