The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 05 by John Dryden
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_Har. Sen._ Well, well, we'll hear it another time.
_Mid._ You seem not to believe her testimony, but my whole crew can witness it. _Van Her._ Ay, they are all Englishmen. _Tow._ That's a nation too generous to do bad actions, and too sincere to justify them done; I wish their neighbours were of the same temper. _Har. Sen._ Nay, now you kindle, captain; this must not be, we are your friends and servants. _Mid._ 'Tis well you are by land, at sea you would be masters: there I myself have met with some affronts, which, though I wanted power then to return, I hailed the captain of the Holland ship, and told him he should dearly answer it, if e'er I met him in the narrow seas. His answer was, (mark but the insolence) If I should hang thee, Middleton, up at thy main yard, and sink thy ship, here's that about my neck (pointing to his gold chain) would answer it when I came into Holland. _Har. Jan._ Yes, this is like the other. _Tow._ I find we must complain at home; there's no redress to be had here. _Isab._ Come, countrywoman,--I must call you so, since he who owns my heart is English born,--be not dejected at your wretched fortune; my house is yours, my clothes shall habit you, even these I wear, rather than see you thus. |
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