The Maids Tragedy by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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_Evad_. I understand you not.
_Mel_. You dare not, Fool; They that commit thy faults, fly the remembrance. _Evad_. My faults, Sir! I would have you know I care not If they were written here, here in my forehead. _Mel_. Thy body is too little for the story, The lusts of which would fill another woman, Though she had Twins within her. _Evad_. This is saucy; Look you intrude no more, there lies your way. _Mel_. Thou art my way, and I will tread upon thee, Till I find truth out. _Evad_. What truth is that you look for? _Mel_. Thy long-lost honour: would the Gods had set me One of their loudest bolts; come tell me quickly, Do it without enforcement, and take heed You swell me not above my temper. _Evad_. How Sir? where got you this report? _Mel_. Where there was people in every place. _Evad_. They and the seconds of it are base people; |
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