The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 05 by John Dryden
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man, who offered her so sweet a violence.
_Isab._ Save me, sweet heaven! the monster comes again! _Har. Jun._ Oh, here she is.--My own fair bride,--for so you are, not Towerson's,--let me unbind you; I expect that you should bind yourself about me now, and tie me in your arms. _Tow._ [_Drawing._] No, villain, no! hot satyr of the woods, Expect another entertainment now. Behold revenge for injured chastity. This sword heaven draws against thee, And here has placed me like a fiery cherub, To guard this paradise from any second violation. _Fisc._ We must dispatch him, sir, we have the odds; And when he's killed, leave me t'invent the excuse. _Har. Jun._ Hold a little: As you shunned fighting formerly with me, so would I now with you. The mischiefs I have done are past recal. Yield then your useless right in her I love, since the possession is no longer yours; so is your honour safe, and so is hers, the husband only altered. _Tow._ You trifle; there's no room for treaty here: The shame's too open, and the wrong too great. Now all the saints in heaven look down to see The justice I shall do, for 'tis their cause; And all the fiends below prepare thy tortures. |
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