The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 by John Dryden
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this is perfect caterwauling.
_Trick._ You fancy all this; I would not hurt you for the world. Come, you shall see how well I love you. [_Kisses him: Mrs_ BRAIN. _pricks her._] Oh! I think you have needles growing in your bed. [_Both rise up._ _Wood._ I will see what is the matter in it. _Saint._ [_Within._] Mr Woodall, where are you, verily? _Wood._ Pox verily her! it is my landlady: Here, hide yourself behind the curtains, while I run to the door, to stop her entry. _Trick._ Necessity has no law; I must be patient. [_She gets into the Bed, and draws the clothes over her._ _Enter_ SAINTLY. _Saint._ In sadness, gentleman, I can hold no longer: I will not keep your wicked counsel, how you were locked up in the chest; for it lies heavy upon my conscience, and out it must, and shall. _Wood._ You may tell, but who will believe you? where's your witness? _Saint._ Verily, heaven is my witness. _Wood._ That's your witness too, that you would have allured me to lewdness, have seduced a hopeful young man, as I am; you would have enticed youth: Mark that, beldam. |
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