Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Ben Jonson
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MRS. OTT: Not so, sir.
[ENTER CUTBEARD.] DAUP: How now, Cutbeard? any cross? CUT: O, no, sir, omnia bene. 'Twas never better on the hinges; all's sure. I have so pleased him with a curate, that he's gone to't almost with the delight he hopes for soon. DAUP: What is he for a vicar? CUT: One that has catch'd a cold, sir, and can scarce be heard six inches off; as if he spoke out of a bulrush that were not pick'd, or his throat were full of pith: a fine quick fellow, and an excellent barber of prayers. I came to tell you, sir, that you might omnem movere lapidem, as they say, be ready with your vexation. DAUP: Gramercy, honest Cutbeard! be thereabouts with thy key, to let us in. CUT: I will not fail you, sir: ad manum. [EXIT.] TRUE: Well, I'll go watch my coaches. CLER: Do; and we'll send Daw to you, if you meet him not. |
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