I,
And drawing thus your honour from the worke,
You make the
reputation
of that, greater; 25
And ?
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
What's that?
MER. To be
_Duke_ of tho?e lands, you ?hall recouer; take
Your title, thence, Sir, _Duke_ of the _Drown'd lands_, 20
Or _Drown'd-land_.
FIT. Ha? that la?t has a good ?ound!
I like it well. The _Duke_ of _Drown'd-land_?
ING. Yes;
It goes like _Groen-land_, Sir, if you marke it.
MER.
I,
And drawing thus your honour from the worke,
You make the
reputation
of that, greater; 25
And ?
tay't the longer i' your name.
FIT. 'Tis true.
_Drown'd-lands_ will liue in _Drown'd-land_!
MER. Yes, when you
Ha' no foote left; as that mu?t be, Sir, one day.
And, though it tarry in your heyres, some _forty_,
_Fifty_ de?cents, the longer liuer, at la?t, yet, 30
Mu?t thru?t 'hem out on't: if no quirk in law,
Or odde _Vice_ o' their owne not do'it fir?t.
Wee ?ee tho?
