THE

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OF

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

VOLUME THIRD.

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PRINTED FOR BELL & BRADFUTE, J. DICKSON,

W. CREECH, J. & J. FAIRBAIRN, AND

T. DUNCAN, BOOKSELLERS.

1795.

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ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL *.

KING of France.

DRAMATIS PERSONA.

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
Jerve with Bertram in the Flo-
rentine war.

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

Countess of Roufillon, 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 friends
Mariana, 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 houfe 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 must 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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