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Under the temporary rule of Lord Angelo, Isabella’s brother, Claudio, has been arrested for sexual misconduct and sentenced to death. Isabella leaves the convent in which she is training to become a nun, and comes to see Lord Angelo with Claudio’s friend, Lucio. She begs for his life, pleading with Angelo to save her brother. She admits that she does not agree with his transgression, but does not believe that he should die for it. Angelo is taken aback by her arrival, largely because he finds
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God save your honour!
ANGELO
Stay a little while.
To ISABELLA
You're welcome: what's your will?
ISABELLA
I am a woeful suitor to your honour,
Please but your honour hear me.
ANGELO
Well; what's your suit?
ISABELLA
There is a vice that most I do abhor,
And most desire should meet the blow of justice;
For which I would not
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