The False One by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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Because I am a _Roman_.
_Ach._ No _Septimius_, To be a _Roman_ were an honour to you, Did not your manners, and your life take from it, And cry aloud, that from _Rome_ you bring nothing But _Roman_ Vices, which you would plant here, But no seed of her vertues. _Sep._ With your reverence I am too old to learn. _Ach._ Any thing honest, That I believe, without an oath. _Sep._ I fear Your Lordship has slept ill to night, and that Invites this sad discourse: 'twill make you old Before your time:--O these vertuous Morals, And old religious principles, that fool us! I have brought you a new Song, will make you laugh, Though you were at your prayers. _A[c]h._ What is the subject? Be free _Septimius_. _Sep._ 'Tis a Catalogue Of all the Gamesters of the Court and City, Which Lord lyes with that Lady, and what Gallant Sports with that Merchants wife; and does relate |
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