The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 05 by John Dryden
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and, in the meantime, bear my worthy friend here company.
_Beam._ With all my heart. _Per._ So, now I am secure; though I dare not trust her with one of them, I may with both; they'll hinder one another, and preserve my honour into the bargain. [_Exit._ _Beam._ Now, Mr Fiscal, you are the happy man with the ladies, and have got the precedence of traffic here too; you've the Indies in your arms, yet I hope a poor Englishman may come in for a third part of the merchandise. _Fisc._ Oh, sir, in these commodities, here's enough for both; here's mace for you, and nutmeg for me, in the same fruit, and yet the owner has to spare for other friends too. _Jul._ My husband's plantation is like to thrive well betwixt you. _Beam._ Horn him; he deserves not so much happiness as he enjoys in you; he's jealous. _Jul._ 'Tis no wonder if a Spaniard looks yellow. _Beam._ Betwixt you and me, 'tis a little kind of venture that we make, in doing this Don's drudgery for him; for the whole nation of them is generally so pocky, that 'tis no longer a disease, but a second nature in them. _Fisc._ I have heard indeed, that 'tis incorporated among them, as |
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