Cynthia's Revels by Ben Jonson
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HED. Ay, what think'st thou of him? ANA. I'd geld him; I warrant he has the philosopher's stone. HED. Well said, my good melancholy devil: sirrah, I have devised one or two of the prettiest oaths, this morning in my bed, as ever thou heard'st, to protest withal in the presence. ANA. Prithee, let's hear them. HED. Soft, thou'lt use them afore me. ANA. No, d--mn me then -- I have more oaths than I know how to utter, by this air. HED. Faith, one is, "By the tip of your ear, sweet lady." Is it not pretty, and genteel? ANA. Yes, for the person 'tis applied to, a lady. It should be light, and -- HED. Nay, the other is better, exceeds it much: the invention is farther fet too. "By the white valley that lies between the alpine hills of your bosom, I protest. -- " ANA. Well, you travell'd for that, Hedon. MER. Ay, in a map, where his eyes were but blind guides to his understanding, it seems. |
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