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Arnold.

Would that I had been so ,And never seen the light!

Bertha .

I would so too !

But as thou hast — hence, hence — and dothy best.

That bach of thiue may bear its burthen; 'tisMore high , if not so broad as that of others.

Arnold .

It hears its burthen; — but, my heart! Will itSustain that which you lay upon it, mother PI love, or at the least, I loved you: nothing,Save you, in nature, can love aught like me.You nursed me — do not kill me.

Bertha .

Yes — I nursed thee ?Because thou wert my first-born , and I knew notIf there would be another unlike thee ,

That monstrous sport of nature. But get hence,And gather wood I

Arnold.

I will: but when I bring it,Speak to me kindly. Though my brothers areSo beantiful and lusty, and as free