The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
page 92 of 172 (53%)
page 92 of 172 (53%)
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And save them from the tiger: fare you well.
DUCHESS. Let me look upon you once more, for that speech Came from a dying father. Your kiss is colder Than that I have seen an holy anchorite Give to a dead man's skull. ANTONIO. My heart is turn'd to a heavy lump of lead, With which I sound my danger: fare you well. Exeunt [ANTONIO and his son.] DUCHESS. My laurel is all withered. CARIOLA. Look, madam, what a troop of armed men Make toward us! Re-enter BOSOLA [visarded,] with a Guard DUCHESS. O, they are very welcome: When Fortune's wheel is over-charg'd with princes, The weight makes it move swift: I would have my ruin Be sudden.--I am your adventure, am I not? BOSOLA. You are: you must see your husband no more. DUCHESS. What devil art thou that counterfeit'st heaven's thunder? BOSOLA. Is that terrible? I would have you tell me whether Is that note worse that frights the silly birds Out of the corn, or that which doth allure them |
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