The White Devil by John Webster
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At yours, or any man's entreaty, sir.
Eng. Ambass. She hath a brave spirit. Mont. Well, well, such counterfeit jewels Make true ones oft suspected. Vit. You are deceiv'd: For know, that all your strict-combined heads, Which strike against this mine of diamonds, Shall prove but glassen hammers: they shall break. These are but feigned shadows of my evils. Terrify babes, my lord, with painted devils, I am past such needless palsy. For your names Of 'whore' and 'murderess', they proceed from you, As if a man should spit against the wind, The filth returns in 's face. Mont. Pray you, mistress, satisfy me one question: Who lodg'd beneath your roof that fatal night Your husband broke his neck? Brach. That question Enforceth me break silence: I was there. |
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