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The Maids Tragedy by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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_King_. I see there is no lasting Faith in Sin;
They that break word with Heaven, will break again
With all the World, and so dost thou with me.

_Evad_. How Sir?

_King_. This subtile Womans ignorance
Will not excuse you; thou hast taken Oaths
So great, methought they did not well become
A Womans mouth, that thou wouldst ne're enjoy
A man but me.

_Evad_. I never did swear so; you do me wrong.

_King_. Day and night have heard it.

_Evad_. I swore indeed that I would never love
A man of lower place; but if your fortune
Should throw you from this height, I bade you trust
I would forsake you, and would bend to him
That won your Throne; I love with my ambition,
Not with mine eyes; but if I ever yet
Toucht any other, Leprosie light here
Upon my face, which for your Royalty I would not stain.

_King_. Why thou dissemblest, and it is in me to punish thee.

_Evad_. Why, it is in me then not to love you, which will
More afflict your body, than your punishment can mine.
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