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Mal. I may comma[N]d where I adore, but silenc(E) like a Lucre[S]se knife:
. . With bloodlesse st(R)oke my hea{r}t doth gor(E),
. {M}.O.A.I. d{O}th sw{A}y my l{I|F|E).
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. [S] tknow. I ft h. i s s h o. u. ldbe. t h e e M a l. uolioT
. [O] Marri. e ha n. g t h e e. b. rock (E)M a l I m a. ycomma
. [N] dwher. e Ia d. o r e b u. t. sile. n c(E)l i k e. aLucre
. [S] sekni (F)eW i. t h b l o. o. dles. s e s t(R)o k. emyhea
. {r} tdoth. g or(E){M O A I}d {O} thsw {A}y m y l{I|F)(E)
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{M}[MASONS]{r} 33 : [MASONS] Prob. here ~ 1 in 1470
(FREE) -35,18 : Prob. of both here ~ 1 in 135
{MOAI} 5,1
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THE ALCHEMIST. A COMEDY. First Acted in the Year 1610.
. . . By the KINGS MAJESTY'S Servants.

With the Allowance of the Mast[E]r of RE[V]ELS. Th[E] Autho[R] B. J.

---------- pet[E]re inde coronam,
. . Unde prius nulli verlarint tempora Musæ. Lucret. .....................................................
. . . <= 6 =>
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. .o f R (E) [V] E
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. .o r o .n . a. m,
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[E.VERE] 6
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To the L A D Y most deserving Her N A M E and B L O O D,

Mary Lady Wroth. MADAM,

IN the (A)ge of Sacrifices, the Truth of (R)eligion was not in the Greatn(E)ss and Fat of the Offerings, bu(T) in the Devotion and Zeal of th(E) Sacrificers: Else what could a Handful of Gums have done in the sight of a Hecatomb? Or, how might I appear
at this Altar, except with those Affections that no less love the Light and Witness, than they have the Conscience of your *VER(tu)E*? If what I offer bear (A)n acceptable Odour, and hold the first St(R)ength, it is your Value of it, which rememb(E)rs
where, when, and to whom it was kindled. O(T)herwise, as the Times are, there comes rar(E)ly forth that Thing so full of Authority or Example, but by Assiduity and Custom grows less, and loses. This, yet, safe in your Judgment (which is a SIDNEYS) is
forbidden to speak more, lest it talk or look like one of the Ambitious Faces of the Time, who the more they paint, are the less themselves.

Your Ladiships *TRUE* Honourer, BEN. JOHNSON.

(ARETE) 25,34 : Prob. both ~ 1 in 110 ......................................................
. T he Sickness hot, a *MASTER* quit, for fear,
. H is House in Town, and left one Servant there.
. E ase him corrupted, and gave [M]e[A]n[S] t[O] k[N]ow
.
. A Cheater, and his Punk; who, now brought low,
. L eaving their narrow Practice, were become
. C os'ners at large; and only wanting some
. H ouse to set up, with him they here contract,
. E ach for a Share, and all begin to act.
. M uch Company they draw, and much abuse,
. I n casting Figures, telling Fortunes, News,
. S elling of Flies, flat Bawd'ry, with the Stone;
. T ill it, and they, and all in Fume are gone. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Art Neuendorffe

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