The Laws of Candy - Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by John Fletcher;Francis Beaumont
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page 44 of 170 (25%)
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I do keep two.
Erota: No question of it: for In your self you do maintain an hundred. Gonzalo: And besides them I keep a noble train, Statists, and men of aclion: my purse is large and deep, Beyond the reach of riot to draw drie: Fortune did vie with Nature, to bestow (When I was born) her bountie equally: 'Tis not amiss you turn your eyes from me; For should you stand and gaze me in the face, You perish would, like _Semele_ by _Jove_: In _Venice_ at this instant there do lye No less than threescore Ladies in their graves, And in their Beds five hundred for my love. Mochingo: You lie more than they; yet it becomes him bravel[y]; Would I could walk and talk so! I'le endeavour it. Erota: Sir, do you know me? 255] |
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