"Labour for his pains."
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Compare: "I have had my labour for my travail", William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act i. Sc. !
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Edward Moore
Edward Moore (22 March 1712 – 1 1 March 1757) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer, the son of a dissenting minister, born at Abingdon, Berkshire.
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