The White Devil by John Webster
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page 52 of 204 (25%)
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Flam. Remember this, you slave; when knaves come to preferment, they
rise as gallows in the Low Countries, one upon another's shoulders. [Exeunt. Monticelso, Camillo, and Francisco come forward. Mont. Here is an emblem, nephew, pray peruse it: 'Twas thrown in at your window. Cam. At my window! Here is a stag, my lord, hath shed his horns, And, for the loss of them, the poor beast weeps: The word, Inopem me copia fecit. Mont. That is, Plenty of horns hath made him poor of horns. Cam. What should this mean? Mont. I 'll tell you; 'tis given out You are a cuckold. Cam. Is it given out so? I had rather such reports as that, my lord, Should keep within doors. |
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