Wit Without Money - The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher by Francis Beaumont
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seriously without these trifles.
_Val._ And you can find one, that can please my fancy, you shall not find me stubborn. _Unc._ Speak your Woman. _Val._ One without eyes, that is, self commendations, for when they find they are handsom, they are unwholsome; one without ears, not giving time to flatterers, for she that hears her self commended, wavers, and points men out a way to make 'em wicked; one without substance of her self; that woman without the pleasure of her life, that's wanton; though she be young, forgetting it, though fair, making her glass the eyes of honest men, not her own admiration, all her ends obedience, all her hours new blessings, if there may be such a woman. _Unc._ Yes there may be. _Val._ And without state too. _Unc._ You are disposed to trifle, well, fare you well Sir, when you want me next, you'l seek me out a better sence. _Val._ Farewell Uncle, and as you love your estate, let not me hear on't. [_Exit._ _Unc._ It shall not trouble you, I'le watch him still, And when his friends fall off then bend his will. [_Exit._ _Enter_ Isabella, _and_ Luce. |
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