{"id":1136,"date":"2016-03-28T13:05:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T11:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elizabethanpartsongs.nl\/wordpress\/?page_id=1136"},"modified":"2016-09-26T10:02:51","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T08:02:51","slug":"of-revenge-1907","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elizabethanpartsongs.nl\/wordpress\/shakespeare-1616-2016\/playwright-or-figurehead\/behind-the-frontman\/of-revenge-1907\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Revenge (1907)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Red<\/span> capitals are in sequences by Clark Sutherland Northup<\/span><\/p>\n

Pink<\/span> \u00a0capitals are copied from the short sequence of sentence initials<\/p>\n

Blue<\/span> capitals are copied from the long sequence of sentence initials<\/p>\n

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—<\/span><\/p>\n

page 15<\/p>\n

—<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0IV<\/p>\n

OF REVENGE<\/p>\n

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  1. \u00a0 \u00a0 R<\/span>evenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more<\/li>\n
  2. man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it<\/li>\n
  3. out. \u00a0 \u00a0F<\/span>or as for the first wrong, it doth but offend the<\/li>\n
  4. law; but the revenge of that wrong putteth the law<\/li>\n
  5. out of office. \u00a0 C<\/span>ertainly, in taking revenge, a man is<\/li>\n
  6. but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he<\/li>\n
  7. is superior; for it is a prince’s part to pardon. \u00a0 \u00a0A<\/span>nd<\/li>\n
  8. S<\/span>olomon, I<\/span> am sure, saith, I<\/span>t is the glory\u00a0of a man to\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. pass by an offence<\/em>. \u00a0\u00a0T<\/span>hat which is past is gone, and<\/li>\n
  10. irrevocable; and wise men have enough to do with<\/li>\n
  11. things present and to come; therefore they do but trifle<\/li>\n
  12. with themselves, that labor in past matters. \u00a0 T<\/span>here<\/li>\n
  13. is no man doth a wrong for the wrong’s sake; but<\/li>\n
  14. thereby to purchase himself profit, or pleasure, or<\/li>\n
  15. honor, or the like. \u00a0 T<\/span>herefore why should I<\/span> be angry<\/li>\n
  16. with a man for loving himself better than me. \u00a0 A<\/span>nd if<\/li>\n
  17. any man should do wrong merely out of ill-nature, why,<\/li>\n
  18. yet it is but like the thorn or briar, which prick and<\/li>\n
  19. scratch, because they can do no other. \u00a0 T<\/span>he most tol-<\/li>\n
  20. erable sort of revenge is for those wrongs which there<\/li>\n
  21. is no law to remedy; \u00a0but then let a man take heed the<\/li>\n
  22. revenge be such as there is no law to punish; else a<\/li>\n
  23. man’s enemy is still before hand, and it is two for one. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 end of page 15<\/li>\n
  24. S<\/span>ome, when they take revenge, are desirous the party \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0page 16<\/li>\n
  25. should know whence it cometh. \u00a0 T<\/span>his is the more gen-<\/li>\n
  26. erous. \u00a0 F<\/span>or the delight seemeth to be not so much in<\/li>\n
  27. doing the hurt as in making the party repent. \u00a0 B<\/span>ut<\/li>\n
  28. base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth<\/li>\n
  29. in the dark. \u00a0 C<\/span>osmus, duke of F<\/span>lorence, had a des-<\/li>\n
  30. perate saying against perfidious or neglecting friends,<\/li>\n
  31. as if those wrongs were unpardonable; Y<\/span>ou shall read\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  32. (saith he) that we are commanded to forgive our ene-\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  33. mies; but you never read that we are commanded to\u00a0for-\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  34. give our friends.<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0B<\/span>ut yet the spirit of J<\/span>ob was in a<\/li>\n
  35. better tune: S<\/span>hall we<\/em> (saith he) take good at G<\/span>od’s\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
  36. hands, and not be content to take evil also?<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0A<\/span>nd so of<\/li>\n
  37. friends in a proportion. \u00a0 T<\/span>his is certain, that a man<\/li>\n
  38. that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green,<\/li>\n
  39. which otherwise would heal and do well. \u00a0 P<\/span>ublic re-<\/li>\n
  40. venges are for the most part fortunate; as that for the<\/li>\n
  41. death of C<\/span>aesar; for the death of P<\/span>ertinax; for the<\/li>\n
  42. death of H<\/span>enry the T<\/span>hird of F<\/span>rance; and many<\/li>\n
  43. more. \u00a0 B<\/span>ut in private revenges it is not so. \u00a0 N<\/span>ay<\/li>\n
  44. rather, vindictive persons live the life of witches; who,<\/li>\n
  45. as they are mischievous, so end they infortunate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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