SCENE III. Florence. Before the DUKE's palace. All's Well That Ends Well  Shakespeare homepage  |  All's Well That Ends Well  | Act 3, Scene 3 

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 Flourish. Enter the DUKE of Florence, BERTRAM, PAROLLES, Soldiers, Drum, and Trumpets  DUKE  The general of our horse thou art; and we, 

 Great in our hope, lay our best love and credence 

 Upon thy promising fortune. 

 BERTRAM  Sir, it is 

 A charge too heavy for my strength, but yet 

 We'll strive to bear it for your worthy sake 

 To the extreme edge of hazard. 

 DUKE  Then go thou forth; 

 And fortune play upon thy prosperous helm, 

 As thy auspicious mistress! 

 BERTRAM  This very day, 

 Great Mars, I put myself into thy file: 

 Make me but like my thoughts, and I shall prove 

 A lover of thy drum, hater of love. 



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