The False One by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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The powers above, and those below against me:
Command me, I will on. _Pho._ When I have use, I'le put you to the test. _Sep._ May it be speedy, And something worth my danger: you are cold, And know not your own powers: this brow was fashion'd To wear a Kingly wreath, and your grave judgment, Given to dispose of monarchies, not to govern A childs affairs, the peoples eye's upon you, The Souldier courts you: will you wear a garment Of sordid loyalty when 'tis out of fashion? _Pho._ When _Pompey_ was thy General, _Septimius_, Thou saidst as much to him. _Sep._ All my love to him, To _Cæsar_, _Rome_, and the whole world is lost In the Ocean of your Bounties: I have no friend, Project, design, or Countrey, but your favour, Which I'le preserve at any rate. _Pho._ No more; When I call on you, fall not off: perhaps Sooner than you expect, I may employ you, So leave me for a while. _Sep._ Ever your Creature. [_Exit._ |
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