Wherefore
gentle wife,
Obey, it is thy vertue: hold no acts
Of di?
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
e FITZ-DOTTRELL.
WITTIPOL. MANLY.
Come wife, this is the Gentleman. Nay, blu?h not.
M^rs. FI. Why, what do you meane Sir? ha' you your rea?on?
FIT. Wife,
I do not know, that I haue lent it forth
To any one; at lea?t, without a pawne, wife:
Or that I'haue eat or drunke the thing, of late, 5
That ?hould corrupt it. Wherefore
gentle wife,
Obey, it is thy vertue: hold no acts
Of di?
putation.
M^rs. FI. Are you not enough
The talke, of fea?ts, and meetingy, but you'll ?till
Make argument for fre?h?
FIT. Why, carefull wedlocke, 10
If I haue haue a longing to haue one tale more
Goe of mee, what is that to thee, deare heart?
Why ?hould?t thou enuy my delight? or cro??e it?