The Spanish Curate - A Comedy by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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Who is the owner Of such a Jem? I am fire'd. _Jam_. One _Bartolus_, A wrangling Advocate. _Ars_. A knave on Record. _Mil_. I am sure he cheated me of the best part Of my Estate. _Jam_. Some Business calls me hence, (And of importance) which denies me leisure To give you his full character: In few words (Though rich) he's covetous beyond expression, And to encrease his heap, will dare the Devil, And all the plagues of darkness: and to these So jealous, as if you would parallel Old _Argus_ to him, you must multiply His Eyes an hundred times: of these none sleep. He that would charm the heaviest lid, must hire |
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