The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 by John Dryden
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_Saint._ I care not; my single evidence is enough to Mr Limberham; he will believe me, that thou burnest in unlawful lust to his beloved: So thou shalt be an outcast from my family. _Wood._ Then will I go to the elders of thy church, and lay thee open before them, that thou didst feloniously unlock that chest, with wicked intentions of purloining: So thou shalt be excommunicated from the congregation, thou Jezebel, and delivered over to Satan. _Saint._ Verily, our teacher will not excommunicate me, for taking the spoils of the ungodly, to clothe him; for it is a judged case amongst us, that a married woman may steal from her husband, to relieve a brother. But yet them mayest atone this difference betwixt us; verily, thou mayest. _Wood._ Now thou art tempting me again. Well, if I had not the gift of continency, what might become of me? _Saint._ The means have been offered thee, and thou hast kicked with the heel. I will go immediately to the tabernacle of Mr Limberham, and discover thee, O thou serpent, in thy crooked paths. [_Going._ _Wood._ Hold, good landlady, not so fast; let me have time to consider on't; I may mollify, for flesh is frail. An hour or two hence we will confer together upon the premises. _Saint._ Oh, on the sudden, I feel myself exceeding sick! Oh! oh! _Wood._ Get you quickly to your closet, and fall to your _mirabilis_; |
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