The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 05 by John Dryden
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More soon than you imagine; I found it out
This evening. _Tow._ Sure the devil has lent thee all his stock of falsehood, and must be forced hereafter to tell truth. _Beam._ Sir, it is impossible you should believe it. _Har._ Seize them all. _Col._ You cannot be so base. _Har._ I'll be so just, 'till I can hear your plea Against this plot; which if not proved, and fully, You are quit; mean time, resistance is but vain. _Tow._ Provided that we may have equal hearing, I am content to yield, though I declare, You have no power to judge us. [_Gives his sword._ _Beam._ Barbarous, ungrateful Dutch! _Har._ See them conveyed apart to several prisons, Lest they combine to forge some specious lie In their excuse. Let Towerson and that woman too be parted. _Isab._ Was ever such a sad divorce made on a bridal night! But we before were parted, ne'er to meet. Farewell, farewell, my last and only love! |
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