Faith, would your
predece?
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
t, thou did'?
t helpe thy ?
elfe into a beating
Promptly, and with't endangered'? t too thy tongue:
A _Diuell_, and could not keepe a body intire
One day! That, for our credit. And to vindicate it,
Hinderd'? t (for ought thou know'? t) a deed of darkne? ? e: 50
Which was an act of that egregious folly,
As no one, to'ard the _Diuel_, could ha' thought on.
This for your acting! but for suffering! why
Thou ha? t beene cheated on, with a fal? e beard,
And a turn'd cloake.
Faith, would your predece? ? our 55
The _Cutpur? e_, thinke you, ha' been ? o? Out vpon thee,
The hurt th' ha? t don, to let men know their ? trength,
And that the'are able to out-doe a _diuel_
Put in a body, will for euer be
A ? carre vpon our Name! whom ha? t thou dealt with, 60
Woman or man, this day, but haue out-gone thee
Some way, and mo? t haue prou'd the better fiendes?
Yet, you would be imploy'd? Yes, hell ? hall make you
_Prouinciall_ o' the _Cheaters_! or _Bawd-ledger_,
For this ?
Promptly, and with't endangered'? t too thy tongue:
A _Diuell_, and could not keepe a body intire
One day! That, for our credit. And to vindicate it,
Hinderd'? t (for ought thou know'? t) a deed of darkne? ? e: 50
Which was an act of that egregious folly,
As no one, to'ard the _Diuel_, could ha' thought on.
This for your acting! but for suffering! why
Thou ha? t beene cheated on, with a fal? e beard,
And a turn'd cloake.
Faith, would your predece? ? our 55
The _Cutpur? e_, thinke you, ha' been ? o? Out vpon thee,
The hurt th' ha? t don, to let men know their ? trength,
And that the'are able to out-doe a _diuel_
Put in a body, will for euer be
A ? carre vpon our Name! whom ha? t thou dealt with, 60
Woman or man, this day, but haue out-gone thee
Some way, and mo? t haue prou'd the better fiendes?
Yet, you would be imploy'd? Yes, hell ? hall make you
_Prouinciall_ o' the _Cheaters_! or _Bawd-ledger_,
For this ?
