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ACT I IT

Scene I IT

Enter two Gentlemen.

FIRST GENTLEMAN
You do not meet a man but frowns: our bloods
No more obey the heavens than our courtiers
still seem as does the king’s.

SECOND GENTLEMAN
But what’s the matter?

FIRST GENTLEMAN

His daughter, and the heir of’s kingdom (whom
He purpos’d to his wife’s sole son − a widow [5]
That late he married) hath referr’d herself
Unto a poor but worthy gentleman. She’s wedded,
Her husband banish’d; she imprison’d, all

Is outward sorrow, though I think the king
Be touch’d at very heart.

SECOND GENTLEMAN
None but the king? [10]

FIRST GENTLEMAN
He that hath lost her too: so is the queen,

That most desir’d the match. But not a courtier,
Although they wear their faces to the bent
Of the king’s looks, hath a heart that is not
Glad at the thing they scowl at.