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SCENE THE SIXTH.
Bianca.Bi.
Thus sufferance to retain, kings deem a gift.—
With these my tears are vain: their hearts are mail'd
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To unhappy Raymond: he at least beholds
My tears without contempt. Who knows? Perchance
My griefs may thus be lighten'd ... Why perchance?
Can there be doubt of this? We should behold
Each father promptly for his children's sake
Resign his life, ere that a single prince
Would to the tears of all his fellow-men,
Much less then to a sister's tears, resign
The paltry prize of one fantastic wish.
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