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Done to death by slanderous tongues
  Was the Hero that here lies:

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Death, in guerdon of her wrongs1 note,
  Gives her fame which never dies.
So the life, that died with shame,
Lives in death with glorious fame.


Hang thou there upon the tomb,
Praising her when I am dumb2 note.—


Now, music, sound, and sing your solemn hymn.
SONG.
Pardon, goddess of the night,
Those that slew thy virgin knight;
For the which, with songs of woe,
Round about her tomb they go.
  Midnight, assist our moan;
  Help us to sigh and groan,
    Heavily, heavily:
  Graves, yawn, and yield your dead,
  Till death be uttered 11Q01913 note

,
    Heavily, heavily.

Claud.
Now, unto thy bones good night!
  Yearly will I do this rite4 note.

D. Pedro.
Good morrow, masters: put your torches out.

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  The wolves have prey'd; and look, the gentle day,
Before the wheels of Phœbus, round about
  Dapples the drowsy east with spots of grey.
Thanks to you all, and leave us: fare you well.

Claud.
Good morrow, masters: each his several way.

D. Pedro.
Come, let us hence, and put on other weeds;
And then to Leonato's we will go.

Claud.
And Hymen now with luckier issue speeds,
Than this, for whom we render'd up this woe!
[Exeunt.

J. Payne Collier [1842–1844], The works of William Shakespeare. The text formed from an entirely new collation of the old editions: with the various readings, notes, a life of the poet, and a history of the Early English stage. By J. Payne Collier, Esq. F.S.A. In eight volumes (Whittaker & Co. [etc.], London) [word count] [S10101].
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SCENE III. The Inside of a Church. Enter Don Pedro, Claudio, and Attendants, with music and tapers.

Claud.

Is this the monument of Leonato?

Atten.

It is, my lord9 note.

Claud. [Reads.]

EPITAPH.
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J. Payne Collier [1842–1844], The works of William Shakespeare. The text formed from an entirely new collation of the old editions: with the various readings, notes, a life of the poet, and a history of the Early English stage. By J. Payne Collier, Esq. F.S.A. In eight volumes (Whittaker & Co. [etc.], London) [word count] [S10101].
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