t haue prou'd the better
fiendes?
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
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 ? ide o' the towne! No doubt you'll render 65
A rare accompt of things. Bane o' your itch,
And ? cratching for imployment. I'll ha' brim? tone
To allay it ? ure, and fire to ? indge your nayles off,
But, that I would not ? uch a damn'd di? honor
Sticke on our ? tate, as that the _diuell_ were hang'd; 70
And could not ?
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 ? ide o' the towne! No doubt you'll render 65
A rare accompt of things. Bane o' your itch,
And ? cratching for imployment. I'll ha' brim? tone
To allay it ? ure, and fire to ? indge your nayles off,
But, that I would not ? uch a damn'd di? honor
Sticke on our ? tate, as that the _diuell_ were hang'd; 70
And could not ?
