The Works of John Ford - v. 1 Author:John Ford Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Confirm'd affection on2 some worthy choice. Amet. Not any, Menaphon. Her bosom yet Is intermur'd with ice ; though, by the truth Of love, no day hath ever pas... more »s'd wherein I have not mention'd thy deserts, thy constancy, Thy—Come, in troth, I dare not tell thee what, , Lest thou mightst think I fawn'd on [thee]—a sin3 . Friendship was never guilty of; for flattery Is monstrous in a true friend. Men. Does the court Wear the old looks too ? Amet. If thou mean'st the prince, I It does. He's the same melancholy man He was at's father's death; sometimes speaks sense, But seldom mirth ; will smile, but seldom laugh ; Will lend an ear to business, deal in none ; Gaze upon revels, antic fopperies, But is not mov'd ; will sparingly discourse, Hear music; but what most he takes delight in Are handsome pictures. One so young and goodly, So sweet in his own nature, any story Hath seldom mention'd. Men. Why should such as I am "" | Groan under the light burthens of small sorrows, 2 Confinn'd affection on, X'c. ] So the 41o reads, but, I suspect, erroneously. Perhaps the author's word was " conferr d." 3 Lest thou mightst think I fawn d on [tlue]—a sin] This is the best conjecture which I can form of the speaker's meaning. The old copy reads, " Lest thou mightst think I fawn'd upon a sin Friendship was never guilty of." I once conjectured, " Lest thou mightst think I'dfal1en upon asin:" but I prefer the first. |Qy. is the old reading " fawn'd upon" right, and equivalent to the simple "fawn'd"? So our early writers use " look upon" without any substantive following it: see my Gloss. to Shakespeare. D. 1 Whenas a prince so potent cannot shun Motions of passion ? To be man, my lord, Is to be but the exercise of cares In several shapes : as miseri...« less