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Berowne [Biron] enters, lamenting the love-sick state he is in. He scurries into hiding as the King arrives, reading aloud a love letter he has written to the Princess. He, too, hastens to find a hiding place as Longaville enters, reading his letter to Maria, followed by Dumaine, who reads a sonnet he has written for Katherine. None of them realizes he is observed as he confesses his love for his respective lady. Finally, Longaville steps forward, reprimanding Dumaine for his secret. The King
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BIRON
The king he is hunting the deer; I am coursing
myself: they have pitched a toil; I am toiling in
a pitch,--pitch that defiles: defile! a foul
word. Well, set thee down, sorrow! for so they say
the fool said, and so say I, and I the fool: well
proved, wit! By the Lord, this love is as mad as
Ajax: it kills sheep; it kills me, I a sheep:
well
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