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James Boswell [1821], The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustrations of various commentators: comprehending A Life of the Poet, and an enlarged history of the stage, by the late Edmond Malone. With a new glossarial index (J. Deighton and Sons, Cambridge) [word count] [S10201].

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SCENE I. The Same. An Abbey. Enter Eglamour.

Egl.
The sun begins to gild the western sky;
And now it is about the very hour
That Silvia, at friar Patrick's cell, should meet me⁸ ^note

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She will not fail; for lovers break not hours,
Unless it be to come before their time;
So much they spur their expedition. Enter Silvia.
See, where she comes: Lady, a happy evening!

Sil.
Amen, amen! go on, good Eglamour,

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Out at the postern by the abbey-wall;
I fear, I am attended by some spies.

Egl.
Fear not: the forest is not three leagues off;
If we recover that, we are sure enough⁹ ^note. [Exeunt.
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