The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 by John Dryden
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is, there's good inkle on the top of the inside, if he have the wit to
lay hold on't. [_Aside._ _Limb._ [_Going to open it._] Before George, I think you have the devil in a string, Pug; I cannot open it, for the guts of me. _Hictius doctius!_ what's here to do? I believe, in my conscience, Pug can conjure: Marry, God bless us all good Christians! _Aldo._ Push hard, son. _Limb._ I cannot push; I was never good at pushing. When I push, I think the devil pushes too. Well, I must let it alone, for I am a fumbler. Here, take the keys, Pug. _Trick._ [_Aside._] Then all's safe again. _Enter_ JUDITH _and_ GERVASE. _Jud._ Madam, Mrs Pleasance has sent for the chest you borrowed of her. She has present occasion for it; and has desired us to carry it away. _Limb._ Well, that's but reason: If she must have it, she must have it. _Trick_ Tell her, it shall be returned some time to-day; at present we must crave her pardon, because we have some writings in it, which must first be taken out, when we can open it. _Limb._ Nay, that's but reason too: Then she must not have it. |
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