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The False One by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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That's now become a natural Crocodile
Must be with care observ'd.

_Ant._ And 'tis well counsel'd
No Confidence, nor trust--

_Sce._ I'll trust the Sea first,
When with her hollow murmurs she invites me,
And clutches in her storms, as politick Lions
Conceal their Claws; I'll trust the Devil first.

_Cæs._ Go to your rests, and follow your own Wisedoms,
And leave me to my thoughts: pray no more complement,
Once more strong Watches.

_Dol._ All shall be observ'd, Sir. [_Exit._

_Cæs._ I am dull and heavy, yet I cannot sleep,
How happy was I in my lawful Wars,
In _Germany_, and _Gaul_, and _Britanny_
When every night with pleasure I set down
What the day ministred! The sleep came sweetly:
But since I undertook this home-division,
This civil War, and past the _Rubicon_;
What have I done that speaks an ancient _Roman_?
A good, great man? I have enter'd _Rome_ by force,
And on her tender Womb (that gave me life)
Let my insulting Souldiers rudely trample,
The dear Veins of my Country I have open'd,
And sail'd upon the torrents that flow'd from her,
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