{"id":1124,"date":"2016-03-27T20:51:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T18:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elizabethanpartsongs.nl\/wordpress\/?page_id=1124"},"modified":"2016-03-27T20:53:55","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T18:53:55","slug":"of-revenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethanpartsongs.nl\/wordpress\/shakespeare-1616-2016\/playwright-or-figurehead\/behind-the-frontman\/of-revenge\/","title":{"rendered":"of Revenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The red<\/span> capitals are in both prints of the 1625 edition<\/p>\n

The blue<\/span> capitals are in the high scoring print only<\/p>\n

The pink<\/span> capitals are in the low scoring print only<\/p>\n

Line one has italics in the high scoring print only<\/p>\n

—<\/span><\/p>\n

page 19<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Of Revenge<\/em><\/h3>\n

IV<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. R<\/span>E<\/span>uenge<\/i> is a kinde of W<\/span>ilde I<\/span>ustice;<\/li>\n
  2. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 which the more M<\/span>ans N<\/span>ature runs<\/li>\n
  3. to, the more ought L<\/span>aw to weed it<\/li>\n
  4. out. \u00a0\u00a0F<\/span>or as for the first W<\/span>rong, it doth<\/li>\n
  5. but offend the L<\/span>aw; but the R<\/span>euenge<\/i> of<\/li>\n
  6. that wrong, putteth the L<\/span>aw out<\/li>\n
  7. of O<\/span>ffice. \u00a0 C<\/span>ertainly, in taking R<\/span>euenge, \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/i>end of page 19<\/li>\n
  8. A<\/span> M<\/span>an is but euen with his E<\/span>nemy; \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 page 20<\/li>\n
  9. B<\/span>ut in passing it ouer, he is S<\/span>uperiour:<\/li>\n
  10. F<\/span>or it is a P<\/span>rinces part to P<\/span>ardon. \u00a0 A<\/span>nd<\/li>\n
  11. S<\/span>alomon<\/i>, I<\/span> am sure, saith, I<\/span>t is the glory<\/i><\/li>\n
  12. of a M<\/span>an to passe by an offence.<\/i>\u00a0 \u00a0T<\/span>hat<\/li>\n
  13. which is past, is gone, and I<\/span>rreuoca-<\/li>\n
  14. ble; A<\/span>nd wise M<\/span>en haue E<\/span>nough to<\/li>\n
  15. doe, with things present, and to come:<\/li>\n
  16. T<\/span>herefore, they doe but trifle with<\/li>\n
  17. themselues, that labour in past mat-<\/li>\n
  18. ters. \u00a0 \u00a0T<\/span>here is no M<\/span>an, doth a wrong, for<\/li>\n
  19. the wrongs sake; B<\/span>ut therby to<\/li>\n
  20. purchase himselfe, P<\/span>rofit, or P<\/span>leasure,<\/li>\n
  21. or H<\/span>onour, or the like. \u00a0 T<\/span>herfore why<\/li>\n
  22. should I<\/span> be angry with a M<\/span>an, for louing<\/li>\n
  23. himselfe better then mee? \u00a0 A<\/span>nd if<\/li>\n
  24. any M<\/span>an should doe wrong, meerely out<\/li>\n
  25. of ill nature, why? yet it is but like<\/li>\n
  26. the T<\/span>horn, or B<\/span>ryar, which prick, and<\/li>\n
  27. scratch, because they can doe no other.<\/li>\n
  28. T<\/span>he most T<\/span>olerable S<\/span>ort of R<\/span>euenge<\/i>, is<\/li>\n
  29. for those wrongs which there is no<\/li>\n
  30. L<\/span>aw to remedy: B<\/span>ut then, let a M<\/span>an<\/li>\n
  31. take heed, the R<\/span>euenge<\/i> be such, as<\/li>\n
  32. there is no L<\/span>aw to punish: E<\/span>lse, a<\/li>\n
  33. M<\/span>ans E<\/span>nemy, is still before hand, A<\/span>nd \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0end of page 20<\/li>\n
  34. it is two for one. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0S<\/span>ome, when they \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 page 21<\/li>\n
  35. take R<\/span>euenge<\/i>, are D<\/span>esirous the P<\/span>arty<\/li>\n
  36. should know, whence it commeth: T<\/span>his<\/li>\n
  37. is the more G<\/span>enerous. \u00a0 F<\/span>or the D<\/span>elight<\/li>\n
  38. seemeth to be, not so much in doing<\/li>\n
  39. the H<\/span>urt, as in M<\/span>aking the P<\/span>arty re-<\/li>\n
  40. pent: B<\/span>ut B<\/span>ase and C<\/span>rafty C<\/span>owards,<\/li>\n
  41. are like the A<\/span>rrow, that flyeth in the<\/li>\n
  42. D<\/span>arke. \u00a0\u00a0C<\/span>osmus<\/i> D<\/span>uke of F<\/span>lorence,<\/i> had<\/li>\n
  43. a D<\/span>esperate S<\/span>aying, against P<\/span>erfidious<\/li>\n
  44. or N<\/span>eglecting F<\/span>riends, as if those<\/li>\n
  45. wrongs were vnpardonable: Y<\/span>ou shall<\/i><\/li>\n
  46. reade<\/i> (saith he) that we are command-<\/i><\/li>\n
  47. ed to forgiue our E<\/span>nemies; B<\/span>ut you ne-<\/i><\/li>\n
  48. uer read, that wee are commanded, to<\/i><\/li>\n
  49. forgiue our F<\/span>riends<\/i>. \u00a0\u00a0B<\/span>ut yet the S<\/span>pirit of<\/li>\n
  50. I<\/span>ob<\/i>, was in a better tune; S<\/span>hall wee<\/i><\/li>\n
  51. (saith he) take good at G<\/span>ods H<\/span>ands,<\/i><\/li>\n
  52. and not be content to take euill also?<\/i><\/li>\n
  53. A<\/span>nd so of F<\/span>riends in a proportion.<\/li>\n
  54. T<\/span>his is certaine; T<\/span>hat a M<\/span>an that stu-<\/li>\n
  55. dieth R<\/span>euenge<\/i>, keepes his owne W<\/span>ounds<\/li>\n
  56. greene, which otherwise would heale,<\/li>\n
  57. and doe well. \u00a0\u00a0P<\/span>ublique R<\/span>euenges<\/i>, are,<\/li>\n
  58. for the most part, F<\/span>ortunate; A<\/span>s that<\/li>\n
  59. for the D<\/span>eath of C<\/span>\u00e6sar<\/i>; F<\/span>or the D<\/span>eath \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0end of page 21<\/li>\n
  60. of P<\/span>ertinax<\/i>; for the D<\/span>eath of H<\/span>enry<\/i> the \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0page 22<\/li>\n
  61. T<\/span>hird of F<\/span>rance; A<\/span>nd many more.<\/li>\n
  62. B<\/span>ut in priuate R<\/span>euenges<\/i> it is not so.<\/li>\n
  63. N<\/span>ay rather, V<\/span>indicatiue P<\/span>ersons liue<\/li>\n
  64. the L<\/span>ife of W<\/span>itches; who as they are<\/li>\n
  65. M<\/span>ischieuous, S<\/span>o end they I<\/span>nfortunate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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