My
fortunes
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Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
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uccours were demanded
To a right v? e, employ them vertuou? ly! 15
And make that profit of his noble parts,
Which they would yeeld. S^r, you haue now the ground,
To exerci? e them in: I am a woman:
That cannot ? peake more wretchedne? ? e of my ? elfe,
Then you can read; match'd to a ma? ? e of folly; 20
That euery day makes ha? te to his owne ruine;
The wealthy portion, that I brought him, ? pent;
And (through my friends neglect) no ioynture made me.
My fortunes ? tanding in this precipice,
'Tis _Coun? ell_ that I want, and hone? t aides: 25
And in this name, I need you, for a friend!
Neuer in any other; for his ill,
Mu? t not make me, S^r, wor? e.
Manly, _conceal'd this while, ? hews him? elf_.
MAN. O friend! for? ake not
The braue occa? ion, vertue offers you,
To keepe you innocent: I haue fear'd for both; 30
And watch'd you, to preuent the ill I fear'd.
But, ?
To a right v? e, employ them vertuou? ly! 15
And make that profit of his noble parts,
Which they would yeeld. S^r, you haue now the ground,
To exerci? e them in: I am a woman:
That cannot ? peake more wretchedne? ? e of my ? elfe,
Then you can read; match'd to a ma? ? e of folly; 20
That euery day makes ha? te to his owne ruine;
The wealthy portion, that I brought him, ? pent;
And (through my friends neglect) no ioynture made me.
My fortunes ? tanding in this precipice,
'Tis _Coun? ell_ that I want, and hone? t aides: 25
And in this name, I need you, for a friend!
Neuer in any other; for his ill,
Mu? t not make me, S^r, wor? e.
Manly, _conceal'd this while, ? hews him? elf_.
MAN. O friend! for? ake not
The braue occa? ion, vertue offers you,
To keepe you innocent: I haue fear'd for both; 30
And watch'd you, to preuent the ill I fear'd.
But, ?
