The Maids Tragedy by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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page 59 of 176 (33%)
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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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