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2217[4.1]
I am near to th' place where they should meet 2220if Pisanio have mapped it truly. How fit his garments 2221serve me! Why should his mistress, who was made by him 2222that made the tailor, not be fit, too? The rather (saving 2223reverence of the word) for 'tis said a woman's fitness 2224comes by fits. Therein I must play the workman: I dare 2225speak it to myself, for it is not vainglory for a man 2226and his glass to confer in his own chamber. I mean, 2227the lines of my body are as well drawn as his, no less 2228young, more strong, not beneath him in fortunes, 2229beyond him in the advantage of the time, above him in 2230birth, alike conversant in general services, and more 2231remarkable in single oppositions, yet this imperseverant 2232thing loves him in my despite. What mortality is? 2233Posthumus, thy head, which now is growing upon thy 2234shoulders, shall within this hour be off, thy mistress 2235enforced, thy garments cut to pieces before thy face; and, 2236all this done, spurn her home to her father, who may, 2237haply, be a little angry for my so rough usage, but my 2238mother, having power of his testiness, shall turn all 2239into my commendations. My horse is tied up safe; out, 2240sword, and to a sore purpose. Fortune put them into my 2241hand; this is the very description of their meeting place 2242and the fellow dares not deceive me.
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