THE

WORKS

OF

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

VOLUME THIRD.

Blair

ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL *.

KING of France.

DRAMATIS PÈRSONÆ.

Duke of Florence.
Bertram, Count of Roufillon.
Lafeu, an old Lord.
Parolles, a parafitical follower of
Bertram; a coward, but vain,
and a great pretender to valour,
Several young French Lords, that
Serve with Bertram in the Flo-

rentine war.

Stewart, fervants to the Count
Clown, Sefs of Roufillon.

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Countess of Rouillon, mother to

Bertram.

Helena, daughter to Gerard de
Narbon, a famous physician,
fome time fince dead.
An old widow of Florence.
Diana, daughter to the widow.
Violenta, neighbours and friend's
Mariana, Š to the widow.

Lords, attending on the King; Of-
ficers, Soldiers, &c.

SCENE lies partly in France, and partly in Tuscany.

ACT I. SCENÈ I.

The Countess of Roufillon's Loufe in France.

Enter Bertram, the Countess of Roufillon, Helena, and

.

· Lafeu, all in mourning.

IN diffevering my fon from me, I bury a fe

Count. cond hufband.

Ber. And I in going, Madam, weep o'er my father's death anew; but I muft attend his Majefty's command, to whom I am now in ward, evermore in fubjection.

Laf. You fhall find of the King a husband, Madam; you, Sir, a father. He that fo generally is at all times good, muft of neceffity hold his virtue to you; whofe worthinefs would ftir it up where it wanted, rather than Black it where there is fuch abundance.

* The plot taken from Boccace, Decam, 3. Nov. 9.

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