e me to you, the meere manner
Of your
attempting
mee, this morning tooke mee,
And I did hold m'inuention, and my manners,
Were both engag'd, to giue it a requitall;
But not vnto your ends: my hope was then, 10
(Though interrupted, ere it could be vtter'd)
That whom I found the Ma?
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
Mistresse FITZ-DOTTREL.
MANLY. MERE-CRAFT.
Be not afraid, ?weet _Lady_: yo' are tru?ted [154]
To loue, not violence here; I am no raui?her,
But one, whom you, by your faire tru?t againe,
May of a ?eruant make a mo?t true friend.
M^rs. FI. And ?uch a one I need, but not this way: 5
Sir, I confe??
e me to you, the meere manner
Of your
attempting
mee, this morning tooke mee,
And I did hold m'inuention, and my manners,
Were both engag'd, to giue it a requitall;
But not vnto your ends: my hope was then, 10
(Though interrupted, ere it could be vtter'd)
That whom I found the Ma?
ter of ?uch language,
That braine and ?pirit, for ?uch an enterpri?e,
Could not, but if tho?e ?uccours were demanded
To a right v?e, employ them vertuou?ly! 15
And make that profit of his noble parts,
Which they would yeeld. S^r, you haue now the ground,
To exerci?e them in: I am a woman:
That cannot ?peake more wretchedne??e of my ?
