The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Aphra Behn
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And use thee with Contempt and Scorn?--tell me.
_Page_. How scorn, Sir! _Bel_. Or she was angry--call'd me perjur'd Villain, False, and forsworn--nay, tell me truth. _Page_. How, Sir? _Bel_. Thou dost delay me--say she did, and please me. _Page_. Sir! _Bel_. Again--tell me, what answer, Rascal, did she send me? _Page_. You have it, Sir, there in the Table-Book. _Bel_. Oh, I am mad, and know not what I do. --Prithee forgive me, Boy--take breath, my Soul, Before thou do'st begin; for this--perhaps, may be So cruel kind, To leave thee none when thou hast ended it. [_Opens it, and reads_. LETTER. _I have took in the Poison which you sent, in those few fatal Words, "Forgive me, my_ Celinda, _I am married"--'Twas thus you said--And I have only Life left to return, "Forgive me my sweet_ Bellmour, _I am dead_." CELINDA. |
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