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Who's the ruler here? |
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A noble duke, in nature |
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As in name. |
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A duke who is noble in name and character. |
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Orsino. I have heard my father name him. |
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He was a bachelor then. |
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Orsino. I've heard my father mention him. When I first heard about him, he was still a bachelor. |
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And so is now, or was so very late. |
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For but a month ago I went from hence, |
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And then 'twas fresh in murmur—as, you know, |
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What great ones do the less will prattle of— |
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That he did seek the love of fair Olivia. |
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He's still a bachelor, or at least he was a month ago, when I left. But there was a rumor—you know, people always gossip about royalty—that he was in love with the beautiful Olivia. |
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A virtuous maid, the daughter of a count |
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That died some twelvemonth since, then leaving her |
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In the protection of his son, her brother, |
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Who shortly also died, for whose dear love, |
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They say, she hath abjured the company |
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And sight of men. |
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A virtuous young woman, the daughter of a count who died last year. Her brother had custody of her for a while, but then he died too. They say she's totally sworn off men now, in memory of her brother. |
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Oh, that I served that lady |
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And might not be delivered to the world, |
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Till I had made mine own occasion mellow, |
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What my estate is. |
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I wish I could work for that lady! It'd be a good way to hide from the world until the time was right to identify myself. |
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That were hard to compass, |
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Because she will admit no kind of suit, |
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No, not the duke's. |
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That would be hard to do. She won't allow anyone in to see her, not even the duke's messengers. |
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