Three Wonder Plays by Lady Gregory
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the gout, and roaring out in your pain.
_King_: I tell you my generations have enough done of fasting and for making little of the juicy meats of the world. _Queen_: And the waste of it! Goose eggs and jellies.... That much would furnish out a dinner for the whole of the King of Alban's Court. _King_: Ah, I wouldn't wish to be using anything at all, only for to gather strength for to steer the business of the whole of the kingdom! _Queen_: Have you enough ate now, my dear? Are you satisfied? _King:_ I am not. I would wish for a little taste of that saffron cake having in it raisins of the sun. _Queen_: Saffron! Are you raving? You to have within you any of the four-and-twenty sicknesses of the race, it would throw it out in red blisters on your skin. _King_: Let me just taste one little slab of that venison ham. _Queen: (Poking with a fork.)_ It would take seven chewings! Sudden death it would be! Leave it alone now and rise up. To keep in health |
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