MFM/ 5.1.265-274

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ESCALUS

My lord, we’ll do it throughly.

Exit DUKE
Signior Lucio, did not you say you knew that
Friar Lodowick to be a dishonest person?

LUCIO

‘Cucullus non facit monachum:’ honest in nothing
but in his clothes; and one that hath spoke most
villanous speeches of the duke.

ESCALUS

We shall entreat you to abide here till he come and
enforce them against him: we shall find this friar a
notable fellow.

LUCIO

As any in Vienna, on my word.

One Response to “MFM/ 5.1.265-274”

  1. ‘NOTHING’ in Shakespeare « Nothing Says:

    […] widow, nor wife? ” (5.1.177-185); ” honest in nothing but in his clothes” (5.1.265-274); “Hold up your hands, say nothing; I’ll speak all.” […]

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