Or whether we to rage or license break,
Or be profane, or make profane men speak:
This is your power to judge, great sir, and not
The envy of a few. Which if we have got,
We value less what their dislike can bring,
If it so happy be, t’ have pleased the King.
[Transcriber’s Note]
The text of this transcription is from the second volume of the “Everyman’s Library” edition of Jonson’s plays which was first published in 1910 by J.M. Dent in London. Images of a reprint of this edition are posted at:
[ archive.org/details/plays02jons]
As a reference, a copy of the 1640 edition (i.e., the “Folio”) made available by the University of California was also consulted. Images of this copy are posted at: