The Alchemist by Ben Jonson
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page 88 of 372 (23%)
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SUR [ASIDE]. Ay, are you bolted?
FACE. Nay, I know't, sir, I have seen the ill fortune. What is some three ounces Of fresh materials? MAM. Is't no more? FACE. No more, sir. Of gold, t'amalgame with some six of mercury. MAM. Away, here's money. What will serve? FACE. Ask him, sir. MAM. How much? SUB. Give him nine pound: -- you may give him ten. SUR. Yes, twenty, and be cozen'd, do. MAM. There 'tis. [GIVES FACE THE MONEY.] SUB. This needs not; but that you will have it so, To see conclusions of all: for two Of our inferior works are at fixation, A third is in ascension. Go your ways. Have you set the oil of luna in kemia? |
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