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''TRIAGO'': A browful, sir. In foreign paper, densely ink’d. <br> | ''TRIAGO'': A browful, sir. In foreign paper, densely ink’d. <br> | ||
''HERCULIO'': Pray tell. (''Aside'') I would pray there were a choice <br> | ''HERCULIO'': Pray tell. (''Aside'') I would pray there were a choice <br> | ||
Had | Had my prayers a hope of answer.<br> | ||
''TRIAGO'': | ''TRIAGO'': See here, [[Herculio]]. ’Tis a slip. Behold the oily wires. <br> | ||
O, Trickery! O, Falsity! Mark the fingers<br> | O, Trickery! O, Falsity! Mark the cagey fingers<br> | ||
Cross’d behind thy back!<br> | Cross’d behind thy back!<br> | ||
Has | O, my career! Has it all been but a prank, [[Herculio]]? <br> | ||
This long and wretched shift: just some saucy jape?<br> | |||
''HERCULIO'': All well meant, good [[Triago]]. Be not sour | ''HERCULIO'': All well-meant, good [[Triago]]. Be not sour —<br> | ||
These are not grapes. <br> | These are not grapes. <br> | ||
''TRIAGO'': Indeed not sir: rather, scrapes.<br> | ''TRIAGO'': Indeed not sir: rather, scrapes.<br> | ||
And scars and knocks — the job lot doggedly sustained.<br> | And scars and knocks — the job-lot doggedly sustained.<br> | ||
''HERCULIO'': Some more than others. The odd one feigned. <br> | ''HERCULIO'': (''Aside'') Some more than others. The odd one feigned. <br> | ||
But come, Sir Tig: what | But come, Sir Tig: what unrests you here? <br> | ||
''TRIAGO'' (''waving paper''): A tract from a brother clerk in America. <br> | ''TRIAGO'' (''waving paper''): A tract from a brother clerk in America. <br> | ||
''HERCULIO'': Cripes abroad. Grim tidings?<br> | ''HERCULIO'': Cripes abroad. Grim tidings?<br> | ||
''TRIAGO'': Forsooth: it wears the colours of a fight. <br> | ''TRIAGO'': Forsooth: it wears the colours of a fight. <br> | ||
A | A word-scape stain’d with tightly kernèd face <br> | ||
And girded round with fontish weaponry. <br> | And girded round with fontish weaponry. <br> | ||
''HERCULIO'' ('' | ''HERCULIO'' (''inspecting the document''): Verily, convenantry this dark <br> | ||
Speaks of [[Litigation|litiginous]] untrust. <br> | Speaks of [[Litigation|litiginous]] untrust. <br> | ||
Wherefore such cruel [[indemnities]]? <br> | Wherefore such cruel [[indemnities]]? <br> | ||
Wherefore so dry a want of fun? <br> | Wherefore so dry a want of fun? <br> | ||
A merchant wrapp’d with better sense <br> | A merchant wrapp’d with better sense <br> | ||
Would just as soon injunct th’orbiting sun.<br> | |||
What is this pact, [[Triago]]? Who demands <br> | What is this pact, [[Triago]]? Who demands <br> | ||
Such fearsome consequence? <br> | Such fearsome consequence? <br> | ||
''TRIAGO'': An entente of secrecy, no more. <br> | ''TRIAGO'': An entente of secrecy, no more. <br> | ||
''HERCULIO'': Secrecy? Do my deceitful ears mislead?<br> | ''HERCULIO'': Secrecy? Do my deceitful ears mislead?<br> | ||
Say it again, my friend: ''secrecy'' didst thou say? <br> | Say it again, my friend: ''secrecy'', didst thou say? <br> | ||
''TRIAGO'': I did, my Lord, I did. A trifling confi. An [[NDA|N.D.A.]] <br> | ''TRIAGO'': I did, my Lord, I did. A trifling confi. An [[NDA|N.D.A.]] <br> | ||
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