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— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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The Street before Con’s House. Enter Mr. Mat-

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Ben Jonson·1572–1637
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at. I think this be the house. What, hoa! Enter Cob, from the House. Cob. Who's there? O, Master Matthew ! gi’ yourworship good-morrow. Mat. What, Cob ! How dost thou, good Cob?Dost thou inhabit here, Cob? Cob. Ay, sir, I and my lineage ha’ kept a poorhouse here in our days. Mat. Cob, canst thou shew me of a gentleman,one Captain JBobadil, where his lodging is ? Cob. O, my guest, sir, you mean ! Mat. Thy guest ! Alas 1 ha, ha. Cob. Why do you laugh, sir ? Do you not meanCaptain Bobadil ? Mat. Cob, pray thee, advise thyself well : do notwrong the jgentleman and thyself too. 1 dare besworn he scorns thy house. He ! he lodge in sucha base, obscure place as thy house ! Tut, I knowhis disposition so well, he tvould not lie in thy bed,if thou’ldst gi’ it him. Cob. I will not give it him, though, sir. Mass, Ithought somewhat was in’t, we could not get him to-bed all night! Well, sir, though he lies not o’ mybed, he lies o’ my bench. A n’t please you to go up,sir, you shall find him with two cushions under hishead, and his cloak wrapped about him, as thoughhe had neither won nor lost; and yet, I warrant, hene’er cast better in his life, than he has done to-pight.
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