[{"node":{"title":"Ferg044","Collections":"Deirdre","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1880","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, February 4, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Ferg044","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Desires, Sceptre, Nature","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg044","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Ferg044_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff\nDEIRDRE. \n\nWhat warrant did false Conor ever allow\nTo stand between him and his own desires ?\nThou deem'dst his sureties good when in thy place\nThou sett'st him for a year, and thought he'd yield\nThe loaned dominion when the time was out.\nThou hadst the sighs of Nessa and his oath\nFor surety then ; but when the day was come\nTo yield thee back the sceptre, robe, and crown.\nHe king'd it still ; and rates thee, ever since,\nHis valiant subject and good stepfather. \n\nNAISI.\nInjurious Deirdre, thou art beautiful,\nBut hast a bitter and unguarded tongue.\nFergus allowed young Conor to retain\nThe sovereignty he lent him, not because\nConor demanded, but himself so will'd.\nFor who would fill a royal judgment-seat\nMust study close the law's intricacies,\nAnd leave delights untasted, Fergus loves\nBetter than balancing litigious scales.\nAnd hearing false oaths bear the jargon out\nOf wrangling pleaders. Nature him has framed \n","Type":"Text"}}]