SCENE III.] SCENA QUARTA Ff. SCENE VII. Pope. 3: _bosom_] _breast_ Pope. 10: _and witless_] F2 F3 F4. _witless_ F1. _with witless_ Edd. conj. _keeps_] _keep_ Hammer. 12: _stricture_] _strictness_ Davenant's version. _strict ure_ Warburton. 15: _For_] _Far_ F2. 20: _to_] F1. _for_ F2 F3 F4. _weeds_] Ff. _steeds_ Theobald. _wills_ S. Walker conj. 21: _this_] _these_ Theobald. _fourteen_] _nineteen_ Theobald. _slip_] Ff. _sleep_ Theobald (after Davenant). 25: _to_] _do_ Dent. MS. 26: _terror_] F1. _errour_ F2 F3 F4. 26, 27: _the rod Becomes more ... decrees_] Pope (after Davenant). _the rod More ... decrees_ Ff. _the rod's More ... most just decrees_ Collier MS. 27: _mock'd_] _markt_ Davenant's version. 34: _do_] om. Pope. 37: _be done_] om. Pope. 39: _the_] _their_ Dyce conj. _indeed_] om. Pope. 42, 43: _fight To do in slander_] _sight To do in slander_ Pope. _fight So do in slander_ Theobald. _sight To do it slander_ Hanmer. _sight, So doing slander'd_ Johnson conj. _sight To draw on slander_ Collier MS. _right To do him slander_ Singer conj. _light To do it slander_ Dyce conj. _fight To do me slander_ Halliwell. _win the fight To die in slander_ Staunton conj. _never ... slander_] _ever in the fight To dole in slander_ Jackson conj. 43: _And_] om. Pope. 45: _I_] om. Pope. 47: _in person bear me_] Capell. _in person beare_ Ff. _my person bear_ Pope. 49: _our_] F1. _your_ F2 F3 F4. SCENE IV. _A nunnery._ _Enter ISABELLA and FRANCISCA._ _Isab._ And have you nuns no farther privileges? _Fran._ Are not these large enough? _Isab._ Yes, truly: I speak not as desiring more; But rather wishing a more strict restraint Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare. 5 _Lucio_ [_within_]. Ho! Peace be in this place! _Isab._ Who's that which calls? _Fran._ It is a man's voice. Gentle Isabella, Turn you the key, and know his business of him; You may, I may not; you are yet unsworn. When you have vow'd, you must not speak with men 10 But in the presence of the prioress: Then, if you speak, you must not show your face; Or, if you show your face, you must not speak. He calls again; I pray you, answer him. [_Exit._ _Isab._ Peace and prosperity! Who is't that calls? 15 _Enter LUCIO._ _Lucio._ Hail, virgin, if you be, as those cheek-roses Proclaim you are no less! Can you so stead me As bring me to the sight of Isabella, A novice of this place, and the fair sister To her unhappy brother Claudio? 20 _Isab._ Why, 'her unhappy brother'? let me ask The rather, for I now must make you know I am that Isabella and his sister. _Lucio._ Gentle and fair, your brother kindly greets you: Not to be weary with you, he's in prison. 25 _Isab._ Woe me! for what?