The Poetaster by Ben Jonson
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2 Pyr. There's half his lendings gone.
Tuc. Give me. Lict. No, sir, your first word shall stand; I'll hold all. Tuc. Nay, but rogue-- Lict. You would make a rescue of our prisoner, sir, you. Tuc. I a rescue! A way, inhuman varlet. Come, come, I never relish above one jest at most; do not disgust me, Sirrah; do not, rogue! I tell thee, rogue, do not. Lict. How, sir! rogue? Tuc. Ay; why, thou art not angry, rascal, art thou? Lict. I cannot tell, sir; I am little better upon these terms. Tuc. Ha, gods and fiends! why, dost hear, rogue, thou? give me thy hand; I say unto thee, thy hand, rogue. What, dost not thou know me? not me, rogue? not captain Tucca, rogue? Min. Come, pray surrender the gentleman his sword, officer; we'll have no fighting here. Tuc. What's thy name? Min. Minos, an't please you. |
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