The Alchemist by Ben Jonson
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SUB. Would I were hang'd then? I'll conform myself.
DOL. Will you, sir? do so then, and quickly: swear. SUB. What should I swear? DOL. To leave your faction, sir, And labour kindly in the common work. SUB. Let me not breathe if I meant aught beside. I only used those speeches as a spur To him. DOL. I hope we need no spurs, sir. Do we? FACE. 'Slid, prove to-day, who shall shark best. SUB. Agreed. DOL. Yes, and work close and friendly. SUB. 'Slight, the knot Shall grow the stronger for this breach, with me. [THEY SHAKE HANDS.] DOL. Why, so, my good baboons! Shall we go make A sort of sober, scurvy, precise neighbours, That scarce have smiled twice since the king came in, A feast of laughter at our follies? Rascals, |
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