Every Man in His Humour by Ben Jonson
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borrowed shape. Well, the troth is, my master intends to follow
his son dry-foot to Florence, this morning: now I, knowing of this conspiracy, and the rather to insinuate with my young master, (for so must we that are blue waiters, or men of service do, or else perhaps we may wear motley at the year's end, and who wears motley you know:) I have got me afore in this disguise, determining here to lie in ambuscado, and intercept him in the midway; if I can but get his cloak, his purse, his hat, nay, any thing so I can stay his journey, Rex Regum, I am made for ever, i'faith: well, now must I practise to get the true garb of one of these Lance-knights; my arm here, and my -- God's so, young master and his cousin. LOR. JU. So, sir, and how then? [ENTER LOR. JU. AND STEP.] STEP. God's foot, I have lost my purse, I think. LOR. JU. How? lost your purse? where? when had you it? STEP. I cannot tell, stay. MUS. 'Slid, I am afraid they will know me, would I could get by them. LOR. JU. What! have you it? STEP. No, I think I was bewitched, I. LOR. JU. Nay, do not weep, a pox on it, hang it, let it go. |
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