Wit Without Money - The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher by Francis Beaumont
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honest course, 'tis time; men now begin to look, and narrowly into your
tumbling tricks, they are stale. _Wid._ Is not that he? _Luce._ 'Tis he. _Wid._ Be still and mark him. _Val._ How miserable will these poor wretches be when I forsake 'em! but things have their necessities, I am sorry, to what a vomit must they turn again, now to their own dear Dunghil breeding; never hope after I cast you off, you men of _Motley_, you most undone things below pity, any that has a soul and six-pence dares relieve you, my name shall bar that blessing, there's your Cloak, Sir, keep it close to you, it may yet preserve you a fortnight longer from the fool; your Hat, pray be covered, and there's the Sattin that your Worship sent me, will serve you at a Sizes yet. _Fount._ Nay, faith Sir, you may e'ne rub these out now. _Val._ No such relique, nor the least rag of such a sordid weakness shall keep me warm, these Breeches are mine own, purchased, and paid for, without your compassion, a Christian Breeches founded in Black-Friers, and so I'le maintain 'em. _Hare._ So they seem, Sir. _Val._ Only the thirteen shillings in these Breeches, and the odd groat, I take it, shall be yours, Sir, a mark to know a Knave by, pray |
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