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CUTTER

OF

COLEMAN-STREET.


Act 1. Scene 1.

Truman Junior.How hard, alas, is that young Lover's fate,Who has a father Covetous and Cholerique!What has he made me swear?—I dare not think upon the Oath, lest I should keep it——Never to see my Mistris more, or hear her speakWithout his leave; And farewel then the useOf Eyes and Ears;——And all this Wickedness I submitted to,For fear of being Disinherited;For fear of losing Durt and Dross, I loseMy Mistris——— There's a Lover! Fitter muchFor Hell than thousand perjuries could make him,Fit to be made th'Example which all Women

Should