Wit Without Money - The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher by Francis Beaumont
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_Lance._ Sure he can conjure, and has the Devil for his Tailor.
_Unc._ New and rich! 'tis most impossible he should recover. _Lan._ Give him this luck, and fling him into the Sea. _Unc._ 'Tis not he, imagination cannot work this miracle. _Val._ Yes, yes, 'tis he, I will assure you Uncle, the very he, the he your wisdom plaid withall, I thank you for't, neighed at his nakednesse, and made his cold and poverty your pastime; you see I live, and the best can do no more Uncle, and though I have no state, I keep the streets still, and take my pleasure in the Town, like a poor Gentleman, wear clothes to keep me warm, poor things they serve me, can make a shew too if I list, yes uncle, and ring a peal in my pockets, ding dong, uncle, these are mad foolish wayes, but who can help 'em? _Unc._ I am amazed. _Lan._ I'le sell my Copyhold, for since there are such excellent new nothings, why should I labour? is there no Fairy haunts him, no Rat, nor no old woman? _Unc._ You are _Valentine_. _Val._ I think so, I cannot tell, I have been call'd so, and some say Christened, why do you wonder at me, and swell, as if you had met a Sergeant fasting, did you ever know desert want? y'are fools, a little stoop there may be to allay him, he would grow too rank else, a small eclipse to shadow him, but out he must break, glowingly again, and with |
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