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Pro.

Bear witness, heaven, I have my wish for ever.

Jul.

And I mine.

[Enter] Duke, Thurio, Outlaws.

Outlaws.

A prize, a prize, a prize!

Val.

Forbear, forbear, I say; it is my lord the Duke.

Your Grace is welcome to a man disgrac’d,

Banished Valentine.

Duke.

Sir Valentine!

Thu.

Yonder is Silvia; and Silvia’s mine.

Val.

Thurio, give back, or else embrace thy death;

Come not within the measure of my wrath.

Do not name Silvia thine; if once again,

[Milan] shall not hold thee. Here she stands,

Take but possession of her with a touch:

I dare thee but to breathe upon my love.

Thu.

Sir Valentine, I care not for her, I;

I hold him but a fool that will endanger

His body for a girl that loves him not.

I claim her not, and therefore she is thine.

Duke.

The more degenerate and base art thou

To make such means for her as thou hast done,

And leave her on such slight conditions.

Now, by the honor of my ancestry,

I do applaud thy spirit, Valentine,

And think thee worthy of an empress’ love.