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One good turne requires another.
Marget
doth know her Mistris is a whore,
For she her selfe hath often kept the dore:
Megg is a Thiefe, her Mistris can protest,
For she hath seene her rob her Masters Chest.
But Maid (sayes Mistris) my abuses smother,
And one good turne (thou know'st) requires another.
For she her selfe hath often kept the dore:
Megg is a Thiefe, her Mistris can protest,
For she hath seene her rob her Masters Chest.
But Maid (sayes Mistris) my abuses smother,
And one good turne (thou know'st) requires another.
One call'd a Lady whore, (which was the same,
Yet she (though bad) stood much vpon good name,
Making a vow, vnlesse he did submit,
His purse should very soundly pay for it.
He to saue charges, in a cunning vaine
Did thus recanting, call her whore againe.
Madame, I come, submissiue vnto you,
And doe confesse I call'd you whore, 'Tis true:
VVhich to recant, Sorry in troth am I,
Your Ladiship's no VVhore, Madam, I lye.
Yet she (though bad) stood much vpon good name,
Making a vow, vnlesse he did submit,
His purse should very soundly pay for it.
He to saue charges, in a cunning vaine
Did thus recanting, call her whore againe.
Madame, I come, submissiue vnto you,
And doe confesse I call'd you whore, 'Tis true:
VVhich to recant, Sorry in troth am I,
Your Ladiship's no VVhore, Madam, I lye.
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