BRABANTIO.  O thou foul thief, where hast thou stow'd my daughter?  Damn'd as thou art, thou hast enchanted her,  For I'll refer me to all things of sense,  (If she in chains of magic were not bound)  Whether a maid so tender, fair, and happy,  So opposite to marriage, that she shunn'd  The wealthy curled darlings of our nation,  Would ever have, to incur a general mock,  Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom  Of such a thing as thou—to fear, not to delight.  Judge me the world, if 'tis not gross in sense,  That thou hast practis'd on her with foul charms,  Abus'd her delicate youth with drugs or minerals  That weakens motion. I'll have't disputed on;  'Tis probable, and palpable to thinking.  I therefore apprehend and do attach thee  For an abuser of the world, a practiser  Of arts inhibited and out of warrant.—  Lay hold upon him, if he do resist,  Subdue him at his peril.

O Thou Foul Thief Where Hast Thou Stow'd My Daughter

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