The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 05 by John Dryden
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attends you, greater than you could hope; we only meant to try your
honesty. I am more than satisfied of your reasons. _Per._ I still shall labour to deserve your kindness in any honourable way. [_Exit_ PEREZ. _Har. Jun._ I told you that this Spaniard had not courage enough for such an enterprise. _Fisc._ He rather had too much of honesty. _Har. Jun._ Oh, you have ruined me; you promised me this day the death of Towerson, and now, instead of that, I see him happy! I'll go and fight him yet; I swear he never shall enjoy her. _Fisc._ He shall not, that I swear with you; but you are too rash, the business can never be done your way. _Har. Jun._ I'll trust no other arm but my own with it. _Fisc._ Yes, mine you shall, I'll help you. This evening, as he goes from the castle, we'll find some way to meet him in the dark, and then make sure of him for getting maidenheads to-night; to-morrow I'll bestow a pill upon my Spanish Don, lest he discover what he knows. _Har. Jun._ Give me your hand, you'll help me. _Fisc._ By all my hopes I will: in the mean time, with a feigned mirth 'tis fit we gild our faces; the truth is, that we may smile in earnest, when we look upon the Englishman, and think how we will use |
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