The Poetaster by Ben Jonson
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Cris. Nay, but where is't? I prithee say. ;
Hor. On the far side of all Tyber yonder, by Caesar's gardens. Cris. O, that's my course directly; I am for you. Come, go; why stand'st thou? Hor. Yes, sir: marry, the plague is in that part of the city; I had almost forgot to tell you, sir. Cris. Foh! it is no matter, I fear no pestilence; I have not offended Phoebus. Hor. I have, it seems, or else this heavy scourge Could ne'er have lighted on me. Cris. Come along. Hor. I am to go down some half mile this way, sir, first, to speak with his physician; and from thence to his apothecary, where I shall stay the mixing of divers drugs. Cris. Why, it's all one, I have nothing to do, and I love not to be idle; I'll bear thee company. How call'st thou the apothecary? Hor. O that I knew a name would fright him now!--- Sir, Rhadamanthus, Rhadamanthus, sir. There's one so called, is a just judge in hell, And doth inflict strange vengeance on all those That here on earth torment poor patient spirits. |
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