The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
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Or cities plagu'd with plagues: Love gives them counsel
To inquire for him 'mongst unambitious shepherds, Where dowries were not talk'd of, and sometimes 'Mongst quiet kindred that had nothing left By their dead parents: 'Stay,' quoth Reputation, 'Do not forsake me; for it is my nature, If once I part from any man I meet, I am never found again.' And so for you: You have shook hands with Reputation, And made him invisible. So, fare you well: I will never see you more. DUCHESS. Why should only I, Of all the other princes of the world, Be cas'd up, like a holy relic? I have youth And a little beauty. FERDINAND. So you have some virgins That are witches. I will never see thee more. Exit. Re-enter ANTONIO with a pistol, [and CARIOLA] DUCHESS. You saw this apparition? ANTONIO. Yes: we are Betray'd. How came he hither? I should turn This to thee, for that. CARIOLA. Pray, sir, do; and when |
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