Are cut off; whereof I myself had one;

But now my interest by that is void.

This is all, Mistress Arden; is it true or no?

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Alice. True, Master Greene; the lands are his in state,

And whatsoever leases were before

Are void for term of Master Arden’s life;

He hath the grant under the Chancery seal.

Greene. Pardon me, Mistress Arden, I must speak, 470

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For I am touched. Your husband doth me wrong

To wring me from the little land I have.

My living is my life, and only that

Resteth remainder of my portion.

Desire of wealth is endless in his mind,

And he is greedy-gaping still for gain;

Nor cares he though young gentlemen do beg,

So he may scrape and hoard up in his pouch.

But, seeing he hath ta’en my lands, I’ll value life

As careless as he is careful for to get:                           480

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