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An Edition of Philip Massinger's Duke of Milan
An Edition of Philip Massinger's Duke of Milan Author:Philip Massinger Subtitle: A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of Princeton University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1918 Original Publisher: Press of the New Era Print. Co. Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there ... more »may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: To nourifh fawcie hopes. Franc. May I be blafted When I proue fuch a monfter. Marc. I will ftand, then, Betweene you, and all danger. He fhall know, Sufpition o're-turnes, what confidence builds, . 65 And he that dares but doubt, when ther's no ground, Is rieither to himfelfe, nor others found. Ex [it] Marc[elia]. Franc. So, let it worke, her goodneffe, that deny'd, My feruice branded with the name of Luft, Shall now deftroy it felfe. And fhe fhall finde, 70 When he's a futor, that brings Cunning arm'd With power to be his aduocates, the denyall Is a difeafe as killing as the plague, And chaftitie a clew, that leads to death. Hold but thy nature, Duke, and be but rafh, 75 And violent enough, and then at leafure Repent. I care not. And let my plots produce this long'd-for birth, In my reuenge I haue my heauen on earth. Ex[it] Franc[ifco]. Act [us] Quart [i, J Scae[na] Tert[ia]. Enter Sforza, Pefcara, three Gentlemen. Pefc. You promis'd to be merrie. /. Gentlem. There are pleafures And of all kinds to entertaine the time. 2. Gentlem. Your excellence vouchsafing to make choice Of that, which beft affects you. Sf. Hold your prating. Learne manners too, you are rude. . J. Gentlem. [aside] I haue my anfwere, 5 Before I ask the queftion. Pefc. I muft borrow The priuiledge of a friend, and will, or elfe I am, like thefe, a feruant, or what's worfe, A parafite to the forrow, Sforza worfhips...« less