A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
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O. LUS. An honest man!
Y. ART. Ay, sir, so I say. O. LUS. Nay, if you say so, I'll not be against it: But, sir, you might have us'd my daughter better, Than to have beat her, spurn'd her, rail'd at her Before our faces. O. ART. Ay, therein, son Arthur, Thou show'dst thyself no better than a knave. O. LUS. Ay, marry, did he, I will stand to it: To use my honest daughter in such sort, He show'd himself no better than a knave. Y. ART. I say, again, I am an honest man; He wrongs me that shall say the contrary. O. LUS. I grant, sir, that you are an honest man, Nor will I say unto the contrary: But wherefore do you use my daughter thus? Can you accuse her of unchastity, of loose Demeanour, disobedience, or disloyalty? Speak, what canst thou object against my daughter? O. ART. Accuse her! here she stands; spit in her face, If she be guilty in the least of these. MRS ART. O father, be more patient; if you wrong |
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