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SCEN. VIII.

Ballio, Asotus, Phryne, Simo, Thrasimachus, Hyperb. Chærilus, Bomolochus, Tyndarus.
Hyp.
Thrasimachus, a whole one.

Thras.
Done: I'le pledge thee
Though 'twere a deluge.—By my steel you have left
Enough to drown an island, Chærilus.

Chær.
And 'twere the famous fount of Hyppocrene,
I'de quaffe it off all, though the great Apollo
And all the Muses died for thirst, Bomolochus.

Bom.
Come boy, as deep as is Pamassus high.

Tyn.
What nurserie of sinne is this? what temple
Of lust and riot? Was this place alone
Thought a fit witnesse for the knitting up
Chaste and religious love? Deeds dark as hell,
Incest and murder might be acted here.
The holy god of Marriage never lighted
His sacred torch at so profane a den.
It is a cage for schreetch-owls, bats, and ravens,
For crows and kites, and such like birds of prey.
But the chaste turtle, the indulgent pelican,
And pious stork, flie hence as from infection.
Evadne meet me here? Is she a parcell
Of the damn'd family? Are there such white devils
Among their Succuba's? No, thou art wrong'd, Evadne:
And there be some that scatter snakes amongst us,
Have stung too deep already.