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				| Enter Angelo. | Enter Angelo |  | MM II.iv.1 |  | 
				| An. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| When I would pray, & think, I thinke, and pray | When I would pray and think, I think and pray |  | MM II.iv.1 |  | 
				| To seuerall subiects: heauen hath my empty words, | To several subjects: heaven hath my empty words, | several (adj.)  separate, different, distinct | MM II.iv.2 |  | 
				| Whilst my Inuention, hearing not my Tongue, | Whilst my invention, hearing not my tongue, | invention (n.)  mind, thought, imagination | MM II.iv.3 |  | 
				| Anchors on Isabell: heauen in my mouth, | Anchors on Isabel: God in my mouth, | anchor (v.)  concentrate, fix attention, home in | MM II.iv.4 |  | 
				| As if I did but onely chew his name, | As if I did but only chew His name, | chew (v.)  keep repeating, mumble over | MM II.iv.5 |  | 
				| And in my heart the strong and swelling euill | And in my heart the strong and swelling evil |  | MM II.iv.6 |  | 
				| Of my conception: the state whereon I studied | Of my conception. The state, whereon I studied, | study (v.)  deliberate, meditate, reflect [on] | MM II.iv.7 |  | 
				|  |  | conception (n.)  design, plan, notion |  |  | 
				| Is like a good thing, being often read | Is like a good thing, being often read, |  | MM II.iv.8 |  | 
				| Growne feard, and tedious: yea, my Grauitie | Grown seared and tedious; yea, my gravity, | seared (adj.)  withered, wilting, declining | MM II.iv.9 |  | 
				|  |  | gravity (n.)  respectability, authority, dignified position |  |  | 
				| Wherein (let no man heare me) I take pride, | Wherein, let no man hear me, I take pride, |  | MM II.iv.10 |  | 
				| Could I, with boote, change for an idle plume | Could I, with boot, change for an idle plume | boot (n.)  good, advantage, profit | MM II.iv.11 |  | 
				| Which the ayre beats for vaine: oh place, oh forme, | Which the air beats for vain. O place, O form, | place (n.)  position, post, office, rank | MM II.iv.12 |  | 
				|  |  | form (n.)  position, rank, status |  |  | 
				|  |  | vain, for  in vain, to no purpose |  |  | 
				| How often dost thou with thy case, thy habit | How often dost thou with thy case, thy habit, | habit (n.)  covering, guise, adorning | MM II.iv.13 |  | 
				|  |  | case (n.)  outer covering, surface appearance |  |  | 
				| Wrench awe from fooles, and tye the wiser soules | Wrench awe from fools, and tie the wiser souls |  | MM II.iv.14 |  | 
				| To thy false seeming? Blood, thou art blood, | To thy false seeming! Blood, thou art blood; | seeming (n.)  deceptive appearance, two-faced behaviour, pretence | MM II.iv.15 |  | 
				|  |  | false (adj.)  sham, spurious, not genuine, artificial |  |  | 
				|  |  | blood (n.)  passion, feeling, strong emotion [especially sexual] |  |  | 
				| Let's write good Angell on the Deuills horne | Let's write ‘ good Angel ’ on the devil's horn, |  | MM II.iv.16 |  | 
				| 'Tis not the Deuills Crest: how now? who's there? | 'Tis not the devil's crest – How now? Who's there? | crest (n.)  heraldic device placed above the shield and helmet in a coat-of-arms | MM II.iv.17 |  | 
				| Enter Seruant. | Enter Servant |  | MM II.iv.18 |  | 
				| Ser. | SERVANT |  |  |  | 
				| One Isabell, a Sister, desires accesse to you. | One Isabel, a sister, desires access to you. |  | MM II.iv.18 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Teach her the way: | Teach her the way. | teach (v.)  show, point out to | MM II.iv.19.1 |  | 
				|  | Exit Servant |  | MM II.iv.19 |  | 
				| oh, heauens | O heavens, |  | MM II.iv.19.2 |  | 
				| Why doe's my bloud thus muster to my heart, | Why does my blood thus muster to my heart, | muster (v.)  assemble, gather together [at], rush | MM II.iv.20 |  | 
				| Making both it vnable for it selfe, | Making both it unable for itself, |  | MM II.iv.21 |  | 
				| And dispossessing all my other parts | And dispossessing all my other parts |  | MM II.iv.22 |  | 
				| Of necessary fitnesse? | Of necessary fitness? |  | MM II.iv.23 |  | 
				| So play the foolish throngs with one that swounds, | So play the foolish throngs with one that swoons, | swoon (v.)  faint | MM II.iv.24 |  | 
				| Come all to help him, and so stop the ayre | Come all to help him, and so stop the air |  | MM II.iv.25 |  | 
				| By which hee should reuiue: and euen so | By which he should revive; and even so |  | MM II.iv.26 |  | 
				| The generall subiect to a wel-wisht King | The general, subject to a well-wished king, | subject (n.)  subjects, people [of a state] | MM II.iv.27 |  | 
				|  |  | general (n.)  ordinary people, general public, populace |  |  | 
				|  |  | well-wished (adj.)  accompanied by good wishes, much loved |  |  | 
				| Quit their owne part, and in obsequious fondnesse | Quit their own part, and in obsequious fondness | obsequious (adj.)  devoted, compliant, ready to please | MM II.iv.28 |  | 
				|  |  | part (n.)  territory, region, province |  |  | 
				|  |  | fondness (n.)  foolish affection, naive devotion |  |  | 
				| Crowd to his presence, where their vn-taught loue | Crowd to his presence, where their untaught love | untaught (adj.)  natural, spontaneous | MM II.iv.29 |  | 
				| Must needs appear offence: | Must needs appear offence. |  | MM II.iv.30.1 |  | 
				| Enter Isabella. | Enter Isabella |  | MM II.iv.30 |  | 
				| how now faire Maid. | How now, fair maid? |  | MM II.iv.30.2 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| I am come to know your pleasure. | I am come to know your pleasure. |  | MM II.iv.31 |  | 
				| An. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| That you might know it, wold much better please me, | That you might know it, would much better please me |  | MM II.iv.32 |  | 
				| Then to demand what 'tis: your Brother cannot liue. | Than to demand what 'tis. Your brother cannot live. |  | MM II.iv.33 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| Euen so: heauen keepe your Honor. | Even so. Heaven keep your honour. |  | MM II.iv.34 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Yet may he liue a while: and it may be | Yet may he live a while; and it may be |  | MM II.iv.35 |  | 
				| As long as you, or I: yet he must die. | As long as you or I, yet he must die. |  | MM II.iv.36 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| Vnder your Sentence? | Under your sentence? |  | MM II.iv.37 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Yea. | Yea. |  | MM II.iv.38 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| When, I beseech you: that in his Reprieue | When, I beseech you? That in his reprieve, |  | MM II.iv.39 |  | 
				| (Longer, or shorter) he may be so fitted | Longer or shorter, he may be so fitted |  | MM II.iv.40 |  | 
				| That his soule sicken not. | That his soul sicken not. |  | MM II.iv.41 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Ha? fie, these filthy vices: It were as good | Ha! fie, these filthy vices! It were as good |  | MM II.iv.42 |  | 
				| To pardon him, that hath from nature stolne | To pardon him that hath from nature stol'n |  | MM II.iv.43 |  | 
				| A man already made, as to remit | A man already made as to remit |  | MM II.iv.44 |  | 
				| Their sawcie sweetnes, that do coyne heauens Image | Their saucy sweetness that do coin God's image | sweetness (n.)  delight, pleasure, charm | MM II.iv.45 |  | 
				|  |  | saucy (adj.)  lecherous, lascivious, lustful |  |  | 
				|  |  | coin (v.)  create, make [as in minting a coin] |  |  | 
				| In stamps that are forbid: 'tis all as easie, | In stamps that are forbid: 'tis all as easy | stamp (n.)  coin, impression [of the monarch's head] made on a coin | MM II.iv.46 |  | 
				| Falsely to take away a life true made, | Falsely to take away a life true made |  | MM II.iv.47 |  | 
				| As to put mettle in restrained meanes | As to put metal in restrained means | mean (n.)  (plural) manner, mode, method | MM II.iv.48 |  | 
				|  |  | restrained (adj.)  forbidden, prohibited, banned |  |  | 
				| To make a false one. | To make a false one. | false (adj.)  sham, spurious, not genuine, artificial | MM II.iv.49 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| 'Tis set downe so in heauen, but not in earth. | 'Tis set down so in heaven, but not in earth. |  | MM II.iv.50 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Say you so: then I shall poze you quickly. | Say you so? Then I shall pose you quickly. | pose (v.)  baffle, confuse, confound | MM II.iv.51 |  | 
				| Which had you rather, that the most iust Law | Which had you rather, that the most just law |  | MM II.iv.52 |  | 
				| Now tooke your brothers life, and to redeeme him | Now took your brother's life, or to redeem him |  | MM II.iv.53 |  | 
				| Giue vp your body to such sweet vncleannesse | Give up your body to such sweet uncleanness |  | MM II.iv.54 |  | 
				| As she that he hath staind? | As she that he hath stained? |  | MM II.iv.55.1 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| Sir, beleeue this. | Sir, believe this, |  | MM II.iv.55.2 |  | 
				| I had rather giue my body, then my soule. | I had rather give my body than my soul. |  | MM II.iv.56 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| I talke not of your soule: our compel'd sins | I talk not of your soul. Our compelled sins | compelled (adj.)  constrained, forced, of necessity | MM II.iv.57 |  | 
				| Stand more for number, then for accompt. | Stand more for number than accompt. | account, accompt (n.)  reckoning, judgement [especially by God] | MM II.iv.58.1 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| How say you? | How say you? |  | MM II.iv.58.2 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Nay Ile not warrant that: for I can speake | Nay, I'll not warrant that, for I can speak | warrant (v.)  authorize, sanction, license | MM II.iv.59 |  | 
				|  |  | warrant (v.)  justify, defend, stand up for |  |  | 
				| Against the thing I say: Answere to this, | Against the thing I say. Answer to this: |  | MM II.iv.60 |  | 
				| I (now the voyce of the recorded Law) | I, now the voice of the recorded law, |  | MM II.iv.61 |  | 
				| Pronounce a sentence on your Brothers life, | Pronounce a sentence on your brother's life; |  | MM II.iv.62 |  | 
				| Might there not be a charitie in sinne, | Might there not be a charity in sin |  | MM II.iv.63 |  | 
				| To saue this Brothers life? | To save this brother's life? |  | MM II.iv.64.1 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| Please you to doo't, | Please you to do't, |  | MM II.iv.64.2 |  | 
				| Ile take it as a perill to my soule, | I'll take it as a peril to my soul; |  | MM II.iv.65 |  | 
				| It is no sinne at all, but charitie. | It is no sin at all, but charity. |  | MM II.iv.66 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Pleas'd you to doo't, at perill of your soule | Pleased you to do't, at peril of your soul, |  | MM II.iv.67 |  | 
				| Were equall poize of sinne, and charitie. | Were equal poise of sin and charity. | poise (n.)  balance of weight, equipoise | MM II.iv.68 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| That I do beg his life, if it be sinne | That I do beg his life, if it be sin, |  | MM II.iv.69 |  | 
				| Heauen let me beare it: you granting of my suit, | Heaven let me bear it; you granting of my suit, | suit (n.)  formal request, entreaty, petition | MM II.iv.70 |  | 
				| If that be sin, Ile make it my Morne-praier, | If that be sin, I'll make it my morn prayer | morn (n.)  morning, dawn | MM II.iv.71 |  | 
				| To haue it added to the faults of mine, | To have it added to the faults of mine |  | MM II.iv.72 |  | 
				| And nothing of your answere. | And nothing of your answer. | answer (n.)  accountability, responsibility, liability, penalty | MM II.iv.73.1 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Nay, but heare me, | Nay, but hear me; |  | MM II.iv.73.2 |  | 
				| Your sence pursues not mine: either you are ignorant, | Your sense pursues not mine. Either you are ignorant, |  | MM II.iv.74 |  | 
				| Or seeme so crafty; and that's not good. | Or seem so craftily; and that's not good. |  | MM II.iv.75 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| Let be ignorant, and in nothing good, | Let me be ignorant, and in nothing good |  | MM II.iv.76 |  | 
				| But graciously to know I am no better. | But graciously to know I am no better. | graciously (adv.)  through divine grace, in all holiness | MM II.iv.77 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Thus wisdome wishes to appeare most bright, | Thus wisdom wishes to appear most bright |  | MM II.iv.78 |  | 
				| When it doth taxe it selfe: As these blacke Masques | When it doth tax itself, as these black masks | tax (v.)  censure, blame, take to task, disparage | MM II.iv.79 |  | 
				| Proclaime an en-shield beauty ten times louder | Proclaim an enshield beauty ten times louder | enshield (adj.)  shielded, defended | MM II.iv.80 |  | 
				| Then beauty could displaied: But marke me, | Than beauty could, displayed. But mark me; | mark (v.)  note, pay attention [to], take notice [of] | MM II.iv.81 |  | 
				| To be receiued plaine, Ile speake more grosse: | To be received plain, I'll speak more gross: | receive (v.)  understand, take in, comprehend | MM II.iv.82 |  | 
				|  |  | gross (adv.)  plainly, obviously, explicitly |  |  | 
				| Your Brother is to dye. | Your brother is to die. |  | MM II.iv.83 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| So. | So. |  | MM II.iv.84 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| And his offence is so, as it appeares, | And his offence is so, as it appears, |  | MM II.iv.85 |  | 
				| Accountant to the Law, vpon that paine. | Accountant to the law upon that pain. | accountant (adj.)  accountable, responsible, answerable | MM II.iv.86 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| True. | True. |  | MM II.iv.87 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Admit no other way to saue his life | Admit no other way to save his life – |  | MM II.iv.88 |  | 
				| (As I subscribe not that, nor any other, | As I subscribe not that, nor any other, | subscribe (v.)  concur, consent, give assent | MM II.iv.89 |  | 
				| But in the losse of question) that you, his Sister, | But in the loss of question – that you, his sister, | question (n.)  argument, contention, dispute | MM II.iv.90 |  | 
				| Finding your selfe desir'd of such a person, | Finding yourself desired of such a person |  | MM II.iv.91 |  | 
				| Whose creadit with the Iudge, or owne great place, | Whose credit with the judge, or own great place, | place (n.)  position, post, office, rank | MM II.iv.92 |  | 
				| Could fetch your Brother from the Manacles | Could fetch your brother from the manacles | fetch (v.)  rescue, save, deliver | MM II.iv.93 |  | 
				| Of the all-building-Law: and that there were | Of the all-binding law; and that there were |  | MM II.iv.94 |  | 
				| No earthly meane to saue him, but that either | No earthly mean to save him, but that either | mean (n.)  means, way, method | MM II.iv.95 |  | 
				| You must lay downe the treasures of your body, | You must lay down the treasures of your body |  | MM II.iv.96 |  | 
				| To this supposed, or else to let him suffer: | To this supposed, or else to let him suffer, |  | MM II.iv.97 |  | 
				| What would you doe? | What would you do? |  | MM II.iv.98 |  | 
				| Isab. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| As much for my poore Brother, as my selfe; | As much for my poor brother as myself: |  | MM II.iv.99 |  | 
				| That is: were I vnder the tearmes of death, | That is, were I under the terms of death, | term (n.)  state, condition, circumstance | MM II.iv.100 |  | 
				| Th' impression of keene whips, I'ld weare as Rubies, | Th' impression of keen whips I'd wear as rubies, |  | MM II.iv.101 |  | 
				| And strip my selfe to death, as to a bed, | And strip myself to death as to a bed |  | MM II.iv.102 |  | 
				| That longing haue bin sicke for, ere I'ld yeeld | That long I have been sick for, ere I'd yield | sick (adj.)  longing, pining, avid | MM II.iv.103 |  | 
				| My body vp to shame. | My body up to shame. |  | MM II.iv.104.1 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Then must your brother die. | Then must your brother die. |  | MM II.iv.104.2 |  | 
				| Isa. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| And 'twer the cheaper way: | And 'twere the cheaper way. |  | MM II.iv.105 |  | 
				| Better it were a brother dide at once, | Better it were a brother died at once |  | MM II.iv.106 |  | 
				| Then that a sister, by redeeming him | Than that a sister, by redeeming him, |  | MM II.iv.107 |  | 
				| Should die for euer. | Should die for ever. |  | MM II.iv.108 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Were not you then as cruell as the Sentence, | Were not you then as cruel as the sentence |  | MM II.iv.109 |  | 
				| That you haue slander'd so? | That you have slandered so? |  | MM II.iv.110 |  | 
				| Isa. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| Ignomie in ransome, and free pardon | Ignomy in ransom and free pardon | ignomy (n.)  ignominy, dishonour, shame | MM II.iv.111 |  | 
				| Are of two houses: lawfull mercie, | Are of two houses: lawful mercy is | house (n.)  ancestry, lineage, family | MM II.iv.112 |  | 
				| Is nothing kin to fowle redemption. | Nothing kin to foul redemption. |  | MM II.iv.113 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| You seem'd of late to make the Law a tirant, | You seemed of late to make the law a tyrant, | late, of  recently, a little while ago | MM II.iv.114 |  | 
				| And rather prou'd the sliding of your brother | And rather proved the sliding of your brother | sliding (n.)  sinfulness, lapse, moral fall | MM II.iv.115 |  | 
				| A merriment, then a vice. | A merriment than a vice. |  | MM II.iv.116 |  | 
				| Isa. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| Oh pardon me my Lord, it oft fals out | O pardon me, my lord; it oft falls out | oft (adv.)  often | MM II.iv.117 |  | 
				| To haue, what we would haue, / We speake not what vve meane; | To have what we would have, we speak not what we mean. |  | MM II.iv.118 |  | 
				| I something do excuse the thing I hate, | I something do excuse the thing I hate | something (adv.)  somewhat, rather | MM II.iv.119 |  | 
				| For his aduantage that I dearely loue. | For his advantage that I dearly love. |  | MM II.iv.120 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| We are all fraile. | We are all frail. |  | MM II.iv.121.1 |  | 
				| Isa. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| Else let my brother die, | Else let my brother die, |  | MM II.iv.121.2 |  | 
				| If not a fedarie but onely he | If not a fedary, but only he | fedary, federary, feodary (n.)  confederate, accomplice, accessory | MM II.iv.122 |  | 
				| Owe, and succeed thy weaknesse. | Owe and succeed thy weakness. | owe (v.)  own, possess, have | MM II.iv.123 |  | 
				|  |  | succeed (v.)  inherit, come into possession of, be heir to |  |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Nay, women are fraile too. | Nay, women are frail too. |  | MM II.iv.124 |  | 
				| Isa. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| I, as the glasses where they view themselues, | Ay, as the glasses where they view themselves, | glass (n.)  mirror, looking-glass | MM II.iv.125 |  | 
				| Which are as easie broke as they make formes: | Which are as easy broke as they make forms. | form (n.)  image, likeness, shape | MM II.iv.126 |  | 
				| Women? Helpe heauen; men their creation marre | Women, help heaven! Men their creation mar |  | MM II.iv.127 |  | 
				| In profiting by them: Nay, call vs ten times fraile, | In profiting by them. Nay, call us ten times frail, |  | MM II.iv.128 |  | 
				| For we are soft, as our complexions are, | For we are soft as our complexions are, |  | MM II.iv.129 |  | 
				| And credulous to false prints. | And credulous to false prints. | print (n.)  imprint, image, stamped impression | MM II.iv.130.1 |  | 
				|  |  | false (adj.)  sham, spurious, not genuine, artificial |  |  | 
				|  |  | credulous (adj.)  highly receptive, readily accepting [of] |  |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| I thinke it well: | I think it well. |  | MM II.iv.130.2 |  | 
				| And from this testimonie of your owne sex | And from this testimony of your own sex – |  | MM II.iv.131 |  | 
				| (Since I suppose we are made to be no stronger | Since I suppose we are made to be no stronger |  | MM II.iv.132 |  | 
				| Then faults may shake our frames) let me be bold; | Than faults may shake our frames – let me be bold. |  | MM II.iv.133 |  | 
				| I do arrest your words. Be that you are, | I do arrest your words. Be that you are, | arrest (v.)  seize, take hold of, lay hold upon | MM II.iv.134 |  | 
				| That is a woman; if you be more, you'r none. | That is, a woman; if you be more, you're none. |  | MM II.iv.135 |  | 
				| If you be one (as you are well exprest | If you be one, as you are well expressed | express (v.)  show, reveal, display | MM II.iv.136 |  | 
				| By all externall warrants) shew it now, | By all external warrants, show it now, | warrant (n.)  token, sign, evidence, proof | MM II.iv.137 |  | 
				| By putting on the destin'd Liuerie. | By putting on the destined livery. | livery (n.)  uniform, costume, special clothing | MM II.iv.138 |  | 
				| Isa. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| I haue no tongue but one; gentle my Lord, | I have no tongue but one. Gentle my lord, |  | MM II.iv.139 |  | 
				| Let me entreate you speake the former language. | Let me entreat you speak the former language. |  | MM II.iv.140 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Plainlie conceiue I loue you. | Plainly conceive, I love you. | conceive (v.)  understand, comprehend, follow | MM II.iv.141 |  | 
				| Isa. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| My brother did loue Iuliet, | My brother did love Juliet, |  | MM II.iv.142 |  | 
				| And you tell me that he shall die for't. | And you tell me that he shall die for't. |  | MM II.iv.143 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| He shall not Isabell if you giue me loue. | He shall not, Isabel, if you give me love. |  | MM II.iv.144 |  | 
				| Isa. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| I know your vertue hath a licence in't, | I know your virtue hath a licence in't, | licence (n.)  authority to act, freedom of action | MM II.iv.145 |  | 
				| Which seemes a little fouler then it is, | Which seems a little fouler than it is, |  | MM II.iv.146 |  | 
				| To plucke on others. | To pluck on others. | pluck on (v.)  test, make trial of | MM II.iv.147.1 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Beleeue me on mine Honor, | Believe me, on mine honour, |  | MM II.iv.147.2 |  | 
				| My words expresse my purpose. | My words express my purpose. | purpose (n.)  intention, aim, plan | MM II.iv.148 |  | 
				| Isa. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| Ha? Little honor, to be much beleeu'd, | Ha! Little honour to be much believed, |  | MM II.iv.149 |  | 
				| And most pernitious purpose: Seeming, seeming. | And most pernicious purpose. Seeming, seeming! | seeming (n.)  deceptive appearance, two-faced behaviour, pretence | MM II.iv.150 |  | 
				| I will proclaime thee Angelo, looke for't. | I will proclaim thee, Angelo, look for't! | proclaim (v.)  denounce, make one's wickedness known | MM II.iv.151 |  | 
				| Signe me a present pardon for my brother, | Sign me a present pardon for my brother, |  | MM II.iv.152 |  | 
				| Or with an out-stretcht throate Ile tell the world aloud | Or with an outstretched throat I'll tell the world | outstretched (adj.)  opened wide, fully distended | MM II.iv.153 |  | 
				| What man thou art. | What man thou art. |  | MM II.iv.154.1 |  | 
				| Ang. | ANGELO |  |  |  | 
				| Who will beleeue thee Isabell? | Who will believe thee, Isabel? |  | MM II.iv.154.2 |  | 
				| My vnsoild name, th' austeerenesse of my life, | My unsoiled name, th' austereness of my life, |  | MM II.iv.155 |  | 
				| My vouch against you, and my place i'th State, | My vouch against you, and my place i'th' state, | place (n.)  position, post, office, rank | MM II.iv.156 |  | 
				|  |  | vouch (n.)  formal statement, attestation, express declaration |  |  | 
				| Will so your accusation ouer-weigh, | Will so your accusation overweigh | overweigh (v.)  outweigh, exceed, prevail over | MM II.iv.157 |  | 
				| That you shall stifle in your owne reporr, | That you shall stifle in your own report |  | MM II.iv.158 |  | 
				| And smell of calumnie. I haue begun, | And smell of calumny. I have begun, |  | MM II.iv.159 |  | 
				| And now I giue my sensuall race, the reine, | And now I give my sensual race the rein. | race (n.)  inherited nature, natural disposition | MM II.iv.160 |  | 
				| Fit thy consent to my sharpe appetite, | Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite, | sharp (adj.)  ardent, keen, fervent | MM II.iv.161 |  | 
				| Lay by all nicetie, and prolixious blushes | Lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes, | nicety (n.)  coyness, shyness, reserve | MM II.iv.162 |  | 
				|  |  | prolixious (adj.)  time-wasting, tedious, protracted |  |  | 
				| That banish what they sue for: Redeeme thy brother, | That banish what they sue for. Redeem thy brother |  | MM II.iv.163 |  | 
				| By yeelding vp thy bodie to my will, | By yielding up thy body to my will, | will (n.)  lust, sexual desire, passion | MM II.iv.164 |  | 
				| Or else he must not onelie die the death, | Or else he must not only die the death, |  | MM II.iv.165 |  | 
				| But thy vnkindnesse shall his death draw out | But thy unkindness shall his death draw out | unkindness (n.)  unnatural behaviour, abnormal conduct | MM II.iv.166 |  | 
				| To lingring sufferance: Answer me to morrow, | To lingering sufferance. Answer me tomorrow, | sufferance (n.)  distress, suffering, hardship | MM II.iv.167 |  | 
				| Or by the affection that now guides me most, | Or, by the affection that now guides me most, | affection (n.)  desire, passion, lustful feeling | MM II.iv.168 |  | 
				| Ile proue a Tirant to him. As for you, | I'll prove a tyrant to him. As for you, |  | MM II.iv.169 |  | 
				| Say what you can; my false, ore-weighs your true. | Say what you can, my false o'erweighs your true. | overweigh (v.)  outweigh, exceed, prevail over | MM II.iv.170 |  | 
				| Exit | Exit |  | MM II.iv.170 |  | 
				| Isa. | ISABELLA |  |  |  | 
				| To whom should I complaine? Did I tell this, | To whom should I complain? Did I tell this, |  | MM II.iv.171 |  | 
				| Who would beleeue me? O perilous mouthes | Who would believe me? O perilous mouths, |  | MM II.iv.172 |  | 
				| That beare in them, one and the selfesame tongue, | That bear in them one and the selfsame tongue, |  | MM II.iv.173 |  | 
				| Either of condemnation, or approofe, | Either of condemnation or approof, | approof (n.)  approval, approbation, sanction | MM II.iv.174 |  | 
				| Bidding the Law make curtsie to their will, | Bidding the law make curtsy to their will, |  | MM II.iv.175 |  | 
				| Hooking both right and wrong to th' appetite, | Hooking both right and wrong to th' appetite, |  | MM II.iv.176 |  | 
				| To follow as it drawes. Ile to my brother, | To follow as it draws. I'll to my brother. |  | MM II.iv.177 |  | 
				| Though he hath falne by prompture of the blood, | Though he hath fall'n by prompture of the blood, | prompture (n.)  prompting, instigation, urging | MM II.iv.178 |  | 
				| Yet hath he in him such a minde of Honor, | Yet hath he in him such a mind of honour |  | MM II.iv.179 |  | 
				| That had he twentie heads to tender downe | That, had he twenty heads to tender down | tender down (v.)  offer, proffer, present | MM II.iv.180 |  | 
				| On twentie bloodie blockes, hee'ld yeeld them vp, | On twenty bloody blocks, he'd yield them up, |  | MM II.iv.181 |  | 
				| Before his sister should her bodie stoope | Before his sister should her body stoop | stoop (v.)  kneel, submit, bow down | MM II.iv.182 |  | 
				| To such abhord pollution. | To such abhorred pollution. |  | MM II.iv.183 |  | 
				| Then Isabell liue chaste, and brother die; | Then, Isabel, live chaste, and, brother, die. |  | MM II.iv.184 |  | 
				| "More then our Brother, is our Chastitie. | More than our brother is our chastity. |  | MM II.iv.185 |  | 
				| Ile tell him yet of Angelo's request, | I'll tell him yet of Angelo's request, |  | MM II.iv.186 |  | 
				| And fit his minde to death, for his soules rest. | And fit his mind to death, for his soul's rest. |  | MM II.iv.187 |  | 
				| Exit. | Exit |  | MM II.iv.187 |  |