The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Aphra Behn
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[_Ex. severally_. SCENE III. _Sir_ Timothy's _House_. _Enter Sir_ Timothy, Sham, Sharp, _and_ Boy. _Sharp_. Good morrow, Sir _Timothy_; what, not yet ready, and to meet Mr. _Bellmour_ at Five? the time's past. Sir _Tim_.--Ay, Pox on't--I han't slept to Night for thinking on't. _Sham_. Well, Sir _Timothy_, I have most excellent News for you, that will do as well; I have found out-- Sir _Tim_. A new Wench, I warrant--But prithee, _Sham_, I have other matters in hand; 'Sheart, I am so mortify'd with this same thought of Fighting, that I shall hardly think of Womankind again. _Sharp_. And you were so forward, Sir Timothy-- Sir _Tim_. Ay, _Sharp_, I am always so when I am angry; had I been but A little more provok'd then, that we might have gone to't when the heat was brisk, I had done well--but a Pox on't, this fighting in cool Blood I hate. _Sham_. 'Shaw, Sir, 'tis nothing, a Man wou'd do't for Exercise in a |
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