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Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson
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there with, sir?

CRI. 'Tis Asotus, son to the late deceased Philargyrus, the
citizen.

AMO. Was his father of any eminent place or means?

CRI. He was to have been praetor next year.

AMO. Ha! a pretty formal young gallant, in good sooth; pity he is
not more genteelly propagated. Hark you, Crites, you may say to
him what I am, if you please; though I affect not popularity, yet I
would loth to stand out to any, whom you shall vouchsafe to call
friend.

CRI. Sir, I fear I may do wrong to your sufficiencies in the
reporting them, by forgetting or misplacing some one: yourself can
best inform him of yourself sir; except you had some catalogue or
list of your faculties ready drawn, which you would request me to
show him for you, and him to take notice of.

AMO. This Crites is sour: [ASIDE.] -- I will think, sir.

CRI. Do so, sir. -- O heaven! that anything in the likeness of man
should suffer these rack'd extremities, for the uttering of his
sophisticate good parts. [ASIDE.]

ASO. Crites, I have a suit to you; but you must not deny me; pray
you make this gentleman and I friends.

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