The Poetaster by Ben Jonson
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page 98 of 324 (30%)
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Yet might she love me, to content her fire:
Ay, but her reason masters her desire. Yet might she love me as her beauty's thrall: Ay, but I fear she cannot love at all. Tuc. Now, the horrible, fierce soldier, you, sirrah. 2 Pyr. What! will I brave thee? ay, and beard thee too; A Roman spirit scorns to bear a brain So full of base pusillanimity. Hist. Excellent! Tuc. Nay, thou shalt see that shall ravish thee anon; prick up thine ears, stinkard.--The ghost, boys! 1 Pyr. Vindicate! 2 Pyr. Timoria! 1 Pyr. Vindicta! 2 Pyr. Timoria! 1 Pyr. Veni! 2 Pyr. Veni! Tuc. Now thunder, sirrah, you, the rumbling player. |
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