The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
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page 69 of 172 (40%)
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If thou do love him, cut out thine own tongue,
Lest it bewray him. DUCHESS. Why might not I marry? I have not gone about in this to create Any new world or custom. FERDINAND. Thou art undone; And thou hast ta'en that massy sheet of lead That hid thy husband's bones, and folded it About my heart. DUCHESS. Mine bleeds for 't. FERDINAND. Thine! thy heart! What should I name 't unless a hollow bullet Fill'd with unquenchable wild-fire? DUCHESS. You are in this Too strict; and were you not my princely brother, I would say, too wilful: my reputation Is safe. FERDINAND. Dost thou know what reputation is? I 'll tell thee,--to small purpose, since the instruction Comes now too late. Upon a time Reputation, Love, and Death, Would travel o'er the world; and it was concluded That they should part, and take three several ways. Death told them, they should find him in great battles, |
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