The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 05 by John Dryden
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_Har. Sen._ You must have none: What! my old friend steal a wedding
from me? In troth, you wrong our friendship. _Beam._ [_To him aside._] Sir, go not to the castle; you cannot, in honour, accept an invitation from the father, after an affront from the son. _Tow._ Once more I beg your pardon, sir. _Har. Sen._ Come, come, I know your reason of refusal, but it must not prevail: My son has been to blame; I'll not maintain him in the least neglect, which he should show to any Englishman, much less to you, the best and most esteemed of all my friends. _Tow._ I should be willing, sir, to think it was a young man's rashness, or perhaps the rage of a successless rival; yet he might have spared some words. _Har. Sen._ Friend, he shall ask your pardon, or I'll no longer own him; what, ungrateful to a man, whose valour has preserved him? He shall do it, he shall indeed; I'll make you friends upon your own conditions; he's at the door, pray let him be admitted; this is a day of general jubilee. _Tow._ You command here, you know, sir. _Fisc._ I'll call him in; I am sure he will be proud, at any rate, to redeem your kind opinion of him. [_Exit._ FISCAL _re-enters,_ with HARMAN _Junior._ |
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