Philip Massinger

Ill news, madam,
Are swallow-winged, but what's good
Walks on crutches.

Ill news, madam,
Are swallow-winged, but what's good
Walks on crutches.

What a fine man
Hath your tailor made you!

What a fine man
Hath your tailor made you!

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman!
It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,
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How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman!
It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,
It ravishes all senses.

This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.

This is the Jew that Shakespeare drew.

As if thou e'er wert angry
But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred
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As if thou e'er wert angry
But with thy tailor! and yet that poor shred
Can bring more to the making up of a man,
Than can be hoped from thee; thou art his creature;
And did he not, each morning, new create thee,
Thou'dst stink and be forgotten.