A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Unknown
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With a head of brass I will not be outfaced, But will execute mine office with extreme cruelty, So that all men shall know me to be plain Tyranny. AVARICE. Nay, Master Zeal, be ruled by me: To such as resist such rigour you may show. TYRANNY. Zeal? nay, no Zeal; my name is Tyranny: Neither am I ashamed who doth my name know, For in my dealings the same I will show, [HYP. He is Kit Careless.] None dare reprove me, of that I am sure, So long as authority on my side endure. But to thy words a while I will list; Therefore in brief say on what you will. AVARICE. I would have you show rigour to such as resist, And such as be obstinate spare not to kill; But those that be willing your hests to fulfil, [HYP. Hark the practice of spiteful Sumnors.] If they offend, and not of obstinacy, For money excuse them, though they use villany, |
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