The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical : in prose and verse, with his remains in four volumes compleat; vol. IIBrown, Thomas
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The works of Mr. Thomas Brown, serious and comical : in prose and verse, with his remains in four volumes compleat; vol. II
Brown, Thomas
English wit and humor -- Early works to 1800; Erotic literature -- Early works to 1800; Latin literature -- Translations into English
of all in the world, you have the least reason to leave it to a wife,
that not only betrays the rights of your bed, prostituting herself and
your honour to rascals; but shew’d at first so little respect and love
for you, as to desire so unreasonable a thing, that you should cast off
all the bonds of nature, and forsake your own children, which she could
not but love, if she lov’d you: for you know the proverb, _love me, love
my dog_. Having thus therefore shewn the villainy of your crimes, ’tis
fit I proceed to your just punishment, for which you are sent hither.
You that have thus more than monstrously prevaricated against nature,
shall want all the benefits of nature; fire you shall have, but not to
give you gentle warmth from the cold of the season, (as when you liv’d
and hugg’d yourself in all epicurism, whilst your children starv’d) but
to scorch your wretched consciences; and continual fears of burning your
goods, houses, and writings, shall attend you; to which shall be added
the piercing fire of jealousy, that shall prey upon every part of you;
nor shall you be without the knowledge of your wives transactions on
earth and see how they mourn in sack and claret, and how they marry and
whore before you are cold; how they spend that profusely, which you
scrap’d together to give them, with so much injustice to your poor
orphans, whose injuries shall never let you rest, but with all the fury
of hell for ever torment you worse than _Onan_ or the _Sodomites_: away
with them, whose villainies raises a horror, even in the prince of hell
and great source of wickedness.
[_As they are going off, two Quakers ghosts speak._
_1 Quaker’s Ghost._ Ah! um!--_Josiah!_ verily, who would have thought
that _Rebecca_ would have fallen with the ungodly so, or that your
_Tabitha_ would have let the spirit move her to play with the calves of
_Bethel_, the wicked of _Sidon_, or the profane children of _Moloch_?
_2 Ghost._ By yea and by nay, _Abadoniah_, as thou say’st, it was more
verily than could enter into the heart of man to believe. Why, there was
my neighbour _Sad-face_, and my cousin _Goggle_, _Nahu_, _Sneakphir_,
and [_The lord said unto_ Moses, _praise God_.] was his fore-name; had
they not holy sisters, as to the appearance of the flesh, for their
spouses? Yet behold with them, and within the tabernacles of their
mansions, instead of raising up seed to the lord among the chosen and
godly, they did sacrifice to _Baal_ with the giants of _Moab_. Oh
_Abadoniah_! what a falling off was there! what a backsliding!
_1 Ghost._ Oh, _Josiah_! As thou say’st, verily, and by yea and by nay,
that the spirit should move us to come to the devil for our necessaries,
without a convenience. But our lord will remember our captivity in
_Babylon_.
_The lawyers push forward, and speak very urgently._
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