The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 07 by John Dryden
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The pleasure I shall take in your vexation,
Will heal my bruises. _Gril._ Wert thou definite rogue, I'faith, I think, that I should give thee hearing; But such a boundless villainy as thine Admits no patience. _Mal._ Your niece is come to court, And yields her honour to our Henry's bed. _Gril._ Thou liest, damned villain. [_Strikes him._ _Mal._ So: why this I looked for; But yet I swear by hell, and my revenge, 'Tis true, as you have wronged me. _Gril._ Wronged thee, villain! And name revenge! O wert thou Grillon's match, And worthy of my sword, I swear, by this One had been past an oath; but thou'rt a worm, And if I tread thee, darest not turn again. _Mal._ 'Tis false; I dare, like you, but cannot act; There is no force in this enervate arm. Blasted I was ere born--curse on my stars!-- Got by some dotard in his pithless years, And sent a withered sapling to the world. Yet I have brain, and there is my revenge; Therefore I say again, these eyes have seen |
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