Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Ben Jonson
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TRUE: Ods so! off with his spurs, somebody. LA-F: It goes against my conscience. My cousin will be angry with it. DAW: I have done mine. TRUE: You fought high and fair, sir John. CLER: At the head. DAUP: Like an excellent bear-dog. CLER: You take no notice of the business, I hope? DAW: Not a word, sir; you see we are jovial. OTT: Sir Amorous, you must not equivocate. It must be pull'd down, for all my cousin. CLER: 'Sfoot, if you take not your drink, they will think you are discontented with something: you'll betray all, if you take the least notice. LA-F: Not I; I'll both drink and talk then. OTT: You must pull the horse on his knees, sir Amorous: fear no cousins. Jacta est alea. TRUE: O, now he's in his vein, and bold. The least hint given him |
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