[Footnote 1: Almanzor reasons in the same manner:

A ghost I'll be;
And from a ghost, you know, no place is free.
--_Conquest of Granada_.
]

_King_. Presumptuous slave!
Thou diest.

_Ghost_. Threaten others with that word:
[1] I am a ghost, and am already dead.

[Footnote 1: "The man who writ this wretched pun," says Mr D., "would
have picked your pocket:" which he proceeds to shew not only bad in
itself, but doubly so on so solemn an occasion. And yet, in that
excellent play of Liberty Asserted, we find something very much
resembling a pun in the mouth of a mistress, who is parting with the
lover she is fond of:

_Ul_. Oh, mortal woe! one kiss, and then farewell.
_Irene_. The gods have given to others to fare well.
O! miserably must Irene fare.

Agamemnon, in the Victim, is full as facetious on the most solemn
occasion--that of sacrificing his daughter:

Yes, daughter, yes; you will assist the priest;
Yes, you must offer up your vows for Greece,
]