On Person Guilty by Ben Jonson

XXXVIII. ? TO PERSON GUILTY.  (II)     GUILTY, because I bade you late be wise ;  And to conceal your ulcers, did advise, You laugh when you are touch'd, and long before  Any man else, you clap your hands and roar, And cry, good !  good !   This quite perverts my sense,  And lies so far from wit, 'tis impudence. Believe it, GUILTY, if you lose your shame,  I'll lose my modesty, and tell your name.

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