The Maids Tragedy by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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The way to my repentance. O my Lord. _Amin_. How now? _Evad_. My much abused Lord! [_Kneels_. _Amin_. This cannot be. _Evad_. I do not kneel to live, I dare not hope it; The wrongs I did are greater; look upon me Though I appear with all my faults. _Amin_. Stand up. This is no new way to beget more sorrow; Heaven knows I have too many; do not mock me; Though I am tame and bred up with my wrongs, Which are my foster-brothers, I may leap Like a hand-wolf into my natural wilderness, And do an out-rage: pray thee do not mock me. _Evad_. My whole life is so leprous, it infects All my repentance: I would buy your pardon Though at the highest set, even with my life: That slight contrition, that's no sacrifice For what I have committed. _Amin_. Sure I dazle: There cannot be a faith in that foul woman |
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