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Bertram had abandoned his wife, Helena, after refusing to consummate or acknowledge their marriage. He fled to Italy where he became a successful soldier and enjoyed the company of the local women. After Helena fakes her own death, Betram returns home and tries to marry the daughter of the wealthy Lord Lafew. However, his plans are foiled when he is confronted by Diana, a young woman he thought he had deflowered in Italy. Here, she reveals that it was not her he bedded, but his own wife,
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[Flourish. Enter King, old Lady Countess, Lafew, the two French Lords, with Attendants.]
KING OF FRANCE
We lost a jewel of her, and our esteem
Was made much poorer by it; but your son,
As mad in folly, lack’d the sense to know
Her estimation home.
COUNTESS OF ROUSSILLON
’Tis past, my liege,
And I beseech your Majesty to make it
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