Angelo, There is a kind of character in thy life
Duke
Angelo,
There is a kind of character in thy life,
That to th' observer doth thy history
AlliterationFully unfoldHyperbaton. Thyself and thy belongings
Are not thine own so properAnastrophe as to waste
Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee.Chiasmus
There is a kind of character in thy life,
That to th' observer doth thy history
Fully unfold.
Heaven doth with us as we with torches do,
Not light them for themselvesSimile; for if our virtues
Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike
As if we had them not. Spirits are not finely touch'd
But to fine issuesAntanaclasis; nor Nature never lends
The smallest scruple of her excellence,
SimileBut like a thrifty goddess, she determines
Herself the glory of a creditor,
Both thanks and use.Alliteration & Personification But I do bend my speech
To one that can my part in him advertise.Hyperbaton
Hold therefore, Angelo,
In our remove be thou at full ourself.Anastrophe
Mortality and mercy in Vienna
Live in thy tongue and heart.Synecdoche Old Escalus,
Though first in question, is thy secondary.
Take thy commission. He hands Angelo a paper.
Angelo
Now, good my lord,
Let there be some more test made of my mettle
Before so noble and so great a figure
Be stamped upon it.Paronomasia
Duke
No more evasion.Anapodoton
We have with a leavened and preparèd choice
Proceeded to you. Therefore, take your honors.
Our haste from hence is of so quick condition
That it prefers itself and leaves unquestioned
Matters of needful value. We shall write to you,
As time and our concernings shall importune,
How it goes with us, and do look to know
What doth befall you here. So fare you well.
To th’ hopeful execution do I leave you
Of your commissions.Hyperbaton
Angelo
Yet give leave, my lord,
That we may bring you something on the way.
Duke
My haste may not admit it.
Nor need you, on mine honor, have to do
With any scruple. Your scope is as mine own,
So to enforce or qualify the laws
As to your soul seems good. Give me your hand.Synecdoche
I’ll privily away.Ellipsis I love the people,
But do not like to stage me to their eyes.Catachresis
Though it do well, I do not relish wellDiacope
Their loud applause and aves vehementAnastrophe,
Nor do I think the man of safe discretion
That does affect it. Once more, fare you well.
Angelo
The heavens give safety to your purposes.
Escalus
Lead forth and bring you back in happiness.
Duke
I thank you. Fare you well.
He exits.