"[Spurio and the Duchess kiss] Spurio: Had not that kiss a taste of sin, 'twere sweet. Duchess: Why, there's no pleasure sweet but it is sinful. Spurio: True, such a bitter sweetness fate hath given; Best side to us is the worst side to heaven. Duchess: Push, come: 'tis the old duke thy doubtful father; The thought of him rubs heaven in thy way, But I protest by yonder waxen fire, Forget him or I'll poison him. Spurio: Madam, you urge a thought which ne'er had life. So deadly do I loathe him for my birth, That if he took me hasp'd within his bed, I would add murther to adultery, And with my sword give up his years to death."
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The Revenger's Tragedy
The Revenger's Tragedy is an English language Jacobean revenge tragedy, formerly attributed to Cyril Tourneur but now generally recognized as the work of Thomas Middleton. It was performed in 1606, and published in 1607 by George Eld.
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