The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
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CARDINAL. You fear
My constancy, because you have approv'd<62> Those giddy and wild turnings in yourself. JULIA. Did you e'er find them? CARDINAL. Sooth, generally for women, A man might strive to make glass malleable, Ere he should make them fixed. JULIA. So, my lord. CARDINAL. We had need go borrow that fantastic glass Invented by Galileo the Florentine To view another spacious world i' th' moon, And look to find a constant woman there. JULIA. This is very well, my lord. CARDINAL. Why do you weep? Are tears your justification? The self-same tears Will fall into your husband's bosom, lady, With a loud protestation that you love him Above the world. Come, I 'll love you wisely, That 's jealously; since I am very certain You cannot make me cuckold. JULIA. I 'll go home To my husband. |
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