The Puritaine Widdow by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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[Kneels.]
Oh may I be the by-word of the world, The common talk at Table in the mouth Of every Groom and Waiter, if e'er more I entertain the carnal suite of Man! MOLL. I must kneel down for fashion too. FRANCES. And I, whom never man as yet hath scald, E'ev in this depth of general sorrow, vow Never to marry, to sustain such loss As a dear husband seems to be, once dead. MOLL. I lov'd my father well, too; but to say, Nay, vow, I would not marry for his death-- Sure, I should speak false Latin, should I not? I'd as soon vow never to come in Bed. Tut! Women must live by th' quick, and not by th' dead. WIDOW. Dar Copy of my husband, oh let me kiss thee. How like is this Model! This brief Picture [Drawing out her husband's Picture.] Quickens my tears: my sorrows are renew'd |
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