[Gutenberg 4039] • Volpone; Or, The Fox

Excerpt from Volpone, or the Fox: A Comedy, as Altered From Ben Jonson, and Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden

Volpone. Ood motuin to the day and. Next my gold Open the rine, that I may fee my faint.' Hail the world's foul and mine More glad than is The teeming earth to fee the (an Peep through the hcms of' the coolefiial Ram, Am I, to view thy fpkndor, dark'hing-his That lying here, amough my other hoards, Shew'ft like a flame by night, or like the'day Struck out of chaos, when all darknefs fied( Unto the centre. Oh, thou fon of (but brighter than. Thy father) let me kit's, With adoration, thee, and every reliclt Of facred treafure in this Edoflied room.' Well did wife poets by thy glorious name, Title that age which they would have the belt Thou being the hell of things and far tranfcending All fiyleof joy, in children, parents, friends, Or any other waking dream on earth.' Thy looks, when they to Venus did afcribe, Theylfhettld' have given her twenty thonfiind C upids Suth are thy beaumes and one loves Dear faint, Riches the dumb god, that giv'ft all men-tongues; That canfi do naught, and yet maltfft men do all things The price of fouls eten hell, with thee-to boot.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at [www.forgottenbooks.com](http://www.forgottenbooks.com)

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.