SO, now I have confessd
that he is thine |
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And I myself am mortgagd to thy will, |
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Myself I ll forfeit, so that other
mine |
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Thou wilt restore, to be my comfort still: |
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But thou wilt not, nor he will not be free, |
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For thou art covetous and he is kind; |
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He learnd but surety-like to write
for me, |
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Under that bond that him as fast doth bind. |
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The statute of thy beauty thou wilt take, |
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Thou usurer, that puttst forth all
to use, |
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And sue a friend came debtor for my sake; |
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So him I lose through my unkind abuse. |
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Him have I lost; thou hast both
him and me: |
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He pays the whole, and yet am
I not free. |
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