Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Lucio's Epilogue

Lucio:
Through these trials of Vienna, we have come to know ourselves.
The duke hath solved the errs of this town
by the wicked hand of his substitute,
and Angelo and Mariana hath joined as one.
Though to fair Isabel the duke offered his hand,
she remains in her life of habit.
Her dear brother and his beloved live free of fear of retribution
by the fierce hand of the law
and are content to bring their child into a world of just and fair love.
For all tales that the tapster Pompey spun,
none so true as his transformation from unlawful bawd to lawful hangman,
from crime in itself to crime released.
The strumpets and the friars walk side by side
and I myself will carry on in this vein
of knowing these streets as well as mine own self
for they will welcome me as an old friend
and carry on with the sweet songs of calumny

that shall sing me asleep ere long.

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