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Sample speech 2
I pray thee, mark me.
I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated
To closeness and the bettering of my mind
With that which, but by being so retired,
O'er-priz'd all popular rate, in my false brother
Awak'd an evil nature; and my trust,
Like a good parent, did beget of him
A falsehood in its contrary as great
As my trust was; which had indeed no limit,
A confidence sans bound. He being thus lorded,
Not only with what my revenue yielded,
But what my power might else exact, like one
Who having into truth, by telling of it,
Made such a sinner of his memory,
To credit his own lie, he did believe
He was indeed the duke; out o' th'substitution
And executing th'outward face of royalty,
With all prerogative: hence his ambition growing--
Dost thou hear?
Prospero
The Tempest
And here it is unpunctuated for the Punctuation! exercise (just copy and paste into a word processing programme)
I pray thee mark me I thus neglecting worldly ends all dedicated to closeness and the bettering of my mind with that which but by being so retir’d o’er-priz’d all popular rate in my false brother awak’d an evil nature and my trust like a good parent did beget of him a falsehood in its contrary as great as my trust was which had indeed no limit a confidence sans bound he being thus lorded not only with what my revenue yielded but what my power might else exact like one who having into truth by telling of it made such a sinner of his memory to credit his own lie he did believe he was indeed the duke out o’th’substitution and executing th’outward face of royalty with all prerogative hence his ambition growing dost thou hear