Measure for Measure / The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]

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Duke. Escalus.
Escal. My lord.
Duke. Of government the properties to unfold,
Would seem in me to affect speech and discourse;
Exceeds, in that, the lists of all advice
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . as your worth is able,
10 And let them work. The nature of our people,