Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (1 of 10) - the Custom of the Country by John Fletcher;Francis Beaumont
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_Rut._ Me thinks both excellent, Would I were the next heir. _Arn._ To this mad fortune Am I now come, my Marriage is proclaim'd, And nothing can redeem me from this mischief. _Rut._ She's very young. _Arn._ Yes. _Rut._ And fair I dare proclaim her, Else mine eyes fail. _Arn._ Fair as the bud unblasted. _Rut._ I cannot blame him then, if 'twere mine own case, I would not go an Ace less. _Arn._ Fye _Rutilio_, Why do you make your brothers misery Your sport and game? _Rut._ There is no pastime like it. _Arn._ I look'd for your advice, your timely Counsel, How to avoid this blow, not to be mockt at, And my afflictions jeer'd. |
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