pect (would he would try mee)
Not, as the
Conjurers
doe, when they ha' rais'd him.
Ben Jonson - The Devil's Association
o, I haue a minde and a halfe for him:
He ?hould not be long ab?ent. Pray thee, come 30
I long for thee. An' I were with child by him,
And my wife too; I could not more. Come, yet,
_He expre??es a longing to ?ee the Diuell_
Good _Beelezebub_. Were hee a kinde diuell,
And had humanity in him, hee would come, but
To ?aue ones longing. I ?hould v?e him well, 35
I ?weare, and with re?
pect (would he would try mee)
Not, as the
Conjurers
doe, when they ha' rais'd him.
Get him in bonds, and ?end him po?t, on errands.
A thou?and miles, it is prepo?terous, that; [100]
And I beleeue, is the true cau?e he comes not. 40
And hee has rea?on. Who would be engag'd,
That might liue freely, as he may doe? I ?weare,
They are wrong all. The burn't child dreads the fire.
They doe not know to entertaine the _Diuell_.
I would ?