The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 07 by John Dryden
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_Card._ You would be left alone?
_Gui._ I would; retire. [_Exeunt_ MAY. CARD. _&c._ _Re-enter Servant with_ MARMOUTIERE, _and exit._ _Starting back._] Is't possible? I dare not trust my eyes! You are not Marmoutiere? _Mar._ What am I then? _Gui._ Why, any thing but she: What should the mistress of a king do here? _Mar._ Find him, who would be master of a king. _Gui._ I sent not for you, madam. _Mar._ I think, my lord, the king sent not for you. _Gui._ Do you not fear, your visit will be known? _Mar._ Fear is for guilty men, rebels, and traitors: Where'er I go, my virtue is my guard. _Gui._ What devil has sent thee here to plague my soul? O that I could detest thee now as much As ever I have loved, nay, even as much As yet, in spite of all thy crimes, I love! But 'tis a love so mixt with dark despair, |
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