Playes written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
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Playes written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle.
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Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
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London :: Printed by A. Warren, for John Martyn, James Allestry, and Tho. Dicas ...,
1662.
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Scene 18.
Enter Lord Melancholy, and an old Servant of his.
SErvant.
I wonder your Lordship should be so Melancholy, that hath wealth at will, it is enough for such poor men as I to be Melancholy.
Lord Melancholy.
I would thou hadst my wealth, so I had thy freedome.
Servant.
O Sir, there is no Freedome in Poverry.
Lord Melancholy.
Nor no Poverty in Freedome, for freedome is the wealth of the Gods.
Servant.
If it pleased the Gods, would I was bound to Riches.
Lord Melancholy.
I wish thou wert, so I was free of my Princesses Shackels.
Exeunt.
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