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Oh Mistris, Mistris, shift and saue your selfe, | O mistress, mistress, shift and save yourself! | CE V.i.168 |
My Master and his man are both broke loose, | My master and his man are both broke loose, | CE V.i.169 |
Beaten the Maids a-row, and bound the Doctor, | Beaten the maids a-row, and bound the Doctor, | CE V.i.170 |
Whose beard they haue sindg'd off with brands of fire, | Whose beard they have singed off with brands of fire, | CE V.i.171 |
And euer as it blaz'd, they threw on him | And ever as it blazed they threw on him | CE V.i.172 |
Great pailes of puddled myre to quench the haire; | Great pails of puddled mire to quench the hair. | CE V.i.173 |
My Mr preaches patience to him, and the while | My master preaches patience to him, and the while | CE V.i.174 |
His man with Cizers nickes him like a foole: | His man with scissors nicks him like a fool. | CE V.i.175 |
And sure (vnlesse you send some present helpe) | And sure, unless you send some present help, | CE V.i.176 |
Betweene them they will kill the Coniurer. | Between them they will kill the conjurer. | CE V.i.177 |
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Mistris, vpon my life I tel you true, | Mistress, upon my life I tell you true. | CE V.i.180 |
I haue not breath'd almost since I did see it. | I have not breathed almost since I did see it. | CE V.i.181 |
He cries for you, and vowes if he can take you, | He cries for you, and vows, if he can take you, | CE V.i.182 |
To scorch your face, and to disfigure you: | To scorch your face and to disfigure you. | CE V.i.183 |
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Harke, harke, I heare him Mistris: flie, be gone. | Hark, hark, I hear him, mistress. Fly, be gone! | CE V.i.184 |