A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Various
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page 250 of 479 (52%)
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To bringe your foe in hatred with the emperour
Revyve your hopes. _Orl_. As cordyalls doe call backe A dyinge man from hys aproachynge peace To make h[im suffer] still the mysseryes Of hys allmost past sycknes. I reffuse it, And by my suffrynge nowe will shewe my selfe Too noble to complayne. I neare coulde fynde Pleasure or ease in others punishment, Or if I were so base to take delighte In the afflyctions of another man My fate would guard me from't, for tys decreed That onlye I of all mankynde shall neare Be master of a hope shall have successe: So all the opposytion I can make Would onlye make my greives rydiculous And dyvorce pyttye from theym. Neare will I. [_Ex. Orlando_. _Did_. Heres a straunge humor! _Oli_. I, but let it not Deterre you from hys accusatyon. _Did_. Ile justefye what I have sayd. _Rei_. Doe so, And bothe myne entertaynment and rewarde Shall pay thy love and faythe. |
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