The False One by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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She touch'd no bed to night.
_Apol._ I am sorry for it, And wish it were in me, with my hazard, To give her ease. _Ars._ Sir, she accepts your will, And does acknowledge she hath found you noble, So far, as if restraint of liberty Could give admission to a thought of mirth, She is your debtor for it. _Apol._ Did you tell her Of the sports I have prepar'd to entertain her? She was us'd to take delight, with her fair hand, To angle in the _Nile_, where the glad fish (As if they knew who 'twas sought to deceive 'em) Contended to be taken: other times To strike the Stag, who wounded by her arrows, Forgot his tears in death, and kneeling thanks her To his last gasp, then prouder of his Fate, Than if with Garlands Crown'd, he had been chosen To fall a Sacrifice before the altar Of the Virgin Huntress: the King, nor great _Photinus_ Forbid her any pleasure; and the Circuit In which she is confin'd, gladly affords Variety of pastimes, which I would Encrease with my best service. _Eros._ O, but the thought |
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