The Maids Tragedy by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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_Evad_. What will you do now? _Amint_. 'Tis not the King. _Evad_. What, did he make this match for dull _Amintor_? _Amint_. Oh! thou hast nam'd a word that wipes away All thoughts revengeful: in that sacred name, The King, there lies a terror: what frail man Dares lift his hand against it? let the Gods Speak to him when they please; Till then let us suffer and wait. _Evad_. Why should you fill your self so full of heat, And haste so to my bed? I am no Virgin. _Amint_. What Devil put it in thy fancy then To marry me? _Evad_. Alas, I must have one To Father Children, and to bear the name Of Husband to me, that my sin may be more honourable. _Amint_. What a strange thing am I! _Evad_. A miserable one; one that my self am sorry for. _Amint_. Why shew it then in this, If thou hast pity, though thy love be none, |
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