The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 02 by John Dryden
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_Enter_ BIBBER _with a Bottle_.
_Bib_. By this hand, I have alight upon the best wine in your cousin's cellar; drink but one glass to me, to shew I am welcome, and I am gone. _Fail_. Here then, honest Will; 'tis a cup of forbearance to thee. _Bib_. Thank you, sir, I'll pledge you--now here's to you again. _Fail_. Come away; what is't, Will? _Bib_. 'Tis what you christened it, a cup of forbearance, sir. _Fail_. Why, I drank that to thee, Will, that thou shouldst forbear thy money. _Bib_. And I drink this to you, sir; henceforward I'll forbear working for you. _Fail_. Then say I: _Take a little Bibber, And threw him in the river; And if he will trust never, Then there let him lie ever._ _Bib_. Then say I: |
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