Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10Fletcher, John
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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10
Fletcher, John
English drama
_Vec._ I cannot.
'Tis all disso[l]v'd again; this was the Figure?
_Duke._ The very same, Sir.
No hope once more to see it?
_Vec._ You might have kept it longer, had ye spar'd it,
Now 'tis impossible.
_Du._ No means to find it?
_Vec._ Yes, that there is, sit still a while, there's Wine
To thaw the wonder from your hearts; drink well, Sir.
[_Exit_ Vecchio.
_John._ This Conjurer is a right good fellow too,
A Lad of mettle; two such Devils more
Would make me a Conjurer; what wine is it?
_Fred._ Hollock.
_John._ The Devil's in it then; look how it dances.
Well, if I be--
_Pet._ We are all before ye,
That's your best comfort, Sir.
_John._ By th' Mass, brave Wine;
Nay, and the Devils live in this Hell, I dare venture
Within these two months yet to be delivered
Of a large Legion of 'em.
_Enter_ Vecchio.
_Du._ Here he comes,
Silence of all sides, Gentlemen.
_Vec._ Good your Grace,
Observe a stricter temper, and you too, Gallants,
You'll be deluded all else. This merry Devil
That next appears, for such a one you'll find it,
Must be call'd up by a strange incantation,
A Song, and I must sing it: 'pray bear with me,
And pardon my rude Pipe; for yet, ere parting
Twenty to one I please ye.
_Du._ We are arm'd, Sir.
_Pet._ Nor shall you see us more transgress.
_Fred._ What think'st thou
Now, _John_?
_John._ Why, now do I think, _Frederick_,
(And if I think amiss Heaven pardon me)
This honest Conjurer, with some four or five
Of his good fellow Devils, and my self,
Shall be yet drunk ere midnight.
SONG.
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