Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Desiderius Erasmus
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page 69 of 655 (10%)
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What makes you look so pale, so lean, so wrinkled?
_Cy._ As is my Fortune, so is the Habit of my Body. _Ma._ Has it been but bad then? _Cy._ She never is otherwise to me, but never worse in my Life than now. _Ma._ I am sorry for that. I am sorry for your Misfortune. But pray, what is this Mischance? _Cy._ I have lost all my Money. _Ma._ What in the Sea? _Cy._ No, on Shore, before I went abroad. _Ma._ Where? _Cy._ Upon the _English_ Coast. _Ma._ It is well you scap'd with your Life; it is better to lose your Money, than that; the loss of ones good Name, is worse than the Loss of Money. _Cy._ My Life and Reputation are safe; but my Money is lost. _Ma._ The Loss of Life never can be repair'd; the Loss of Reputation very hardly; but the Loss of Money may easily be made up one Way or another. But how came it about? |
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