Epicoene: Or, the Silent Woman by Ben Jonson
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DAUP: She must consent, sir Amorous, to reason. LA-F: Why, she says they are no decorum among ladies. OTT: But they are decora, and that's better, sir. CLER: Ay, she must hear argument. Did not Pasiphae, who was a queen, love a bull? and was not Calisto, the mother of Arcas, turn'd into a bear, and made a star, mistress Ursula, in the heavens? OTT: O lord! that I could have said as much! I will have these stories painted in the Bear-garden, ex Ovidii metamorphosi. DAUP: Where is your princess, captain? pray, be our leader. OTT: That I shall, sir. CLER: Make haste, good sir Amorous. [EXEUNT.] SCENE 3.2. A ROOM IN MOROSE'S HOUSE. ENTER MOROSE, EPICOENE, PARSON, AND CUTBEARD. MOR: Sir, there is an angel for yourself, and a brace of angels |
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