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68 AMPHITRYON.
Amp. Brav'd by my Have, di(honour'd by my "
wife.
To what a defp'rate plunge am I reduc'd,
If this be true the villain fays? But why
That feeble iff It muft be true ; (he owns it.
Now, whether to conceal, or blaze th’1 affront ?
One way, I fpread my infamy abroad ;
And, t'other, hide a burning coal, within ; ,.
That preys upon my vitals: I can fix
On nothing, but on vengeance.
Enter to mm Sofia, Polydas, Gripns, Tranio. (
Grip. Yonder he is; walking haftily to and fro,!:'
before his door ; like a citizen, clapping hisfules £
before his fhop, in afrofty morning : ’tis to catch ,
a ftomach, I believe.
Sof. I begin to be afraid, that he has more fto- k
maefi to my fides, and fhoulders, than to his own ; ?
vidluals. How he fhakes his head!_ and {lamps, ,*
and what ftrides he fetches! He’s in one of his
damn’d moods again ; I don’t like the looks of
, him.
Amp: Oh, my mannerly, fair-fpoken, obedient ; i
flave, are you there! I can reach you now, with- j •
out climbing: now we fhall try who’s drunk, and 1
who’s fober.
Sof. Why this is as it fhould be: I was fome- ,
what fufpicious that you were in a peflilent hu-jr
mour; yes, we will have a crafh at the bottle, : -
when your lordlhip pleafes: I have fummon’d ’em, .
you fee ; and they are notable topers; efpecially. |
judge Gripus.
Grip. Yes, faith; I never refufe my glafs, in a |
good quarrel.
Amp. Why, thou infoleht villain ; I’ll teach a r
Have how to ufe his mailer thus.
[To Sofia, r
Sof. Here’s a fine bufinefs towards! I am fare I !
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