e, the
_Crowne_
and Owners
To ?
To ?
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
e.
It shall cost him
Nothing.
ING. Good, S^r.
MER. Except he plea? e, but's count'nance;
(That I will haue) t'appeare in't, to great men,
For which I'll make him one. Hee ? hall not draw 40
A ? tring of's pur? e. I'll driue his pattent for him.
We'll take in Cittizens, _Commoners_, and _Aldermen_,
To beare the charge, and blow 'hem off againe,
Like ? o many dead flyes, when 'tis carryed.
The thing is for recouery of drown'd land, 45
Whereof the _Crowne's_ to haue his moiety,
If it be owner; El?
e, the _Crowne_ and Owners
To ? hare that moyety: and the recouerers
T'enioy the tother moyety, for their charge.
ING. Thorowout _England_?
MER. Yes, which will ari? e 50
To eyghteene _millions_, ? euen the fir? t yeere:
I haue computed all, and made my ? uruay
Vnto an acre. I'll beginne at the Pan,
Not, at the skirts: as ? ome ha' done, and lo? t,
All that they wrought, their timber-worke, their trench, 55
Their bankes all borne away, or el? e fill'd vp
By the next winter. Tut, they neuer went
The way: I'll haue it all.
ING.
Nothing.
ING. Good, S^r.
MER. Except he plea? e, but's count'nance;
(That I will haue) t'appeare in't, to great men,
For which I'll make him one. Hee ? hall not draw 40
A ? tring of's pur? e. I'll driue his pattent for him.
We'll take in Cittizens, _Commoners_, and _Aldermen_,
To beare the charge, and blow 'hem off againe,
Like ? o many dead flyes, when 'tis carryed.
The thing is for recouery of drown'd land, 45
Whereof the _Crowne's_ to haue his moiety,
If it be owner; El?
e, the _Crowne_ and Owners
To ? hare that moyety: and the recouerers
T'enioy the tother moyety, for their charge.
ING. Thorowout _England_?
MER. Yes, which will ari? e 50
To eyghteene _millions_, ? euen the fir? t yeere:
I haue computed all, and made my ? uruay
Vnto an acre. I'll beginne at the Pan,
Not, at the skirts: as ? ome ha' done, and lo? t,
All that they wrought, their timber-worke, their trench, 55
Their bankes all borne away, or el? e fill'd vp
By the next winter. Tut, they neuer went
The way: I'll haue it all.
ING.