CAT AND PUSS.
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115 C. 'Tis you are guilty of that Cruelty,
Which you at once outdo, and blame in me:
For while you stifle, and inflame Desire,
You burn, and starve me in the self-same Fire.
C. It is not I, but you, that do the Hurt,
120 Who wound yourself, and then accuse me for't:
As Thieves, that rob themselves 'twixt Sun and Sun,
Make others pay for what themselves have done.
Which you at once outdo, and blame in me:
For while you stifle, and inflame Desire,
You burn, and starve me in the self-same Fire.
C. It is not I, but you, that do the Hurt,
120 Who wound yourself, and then accuse me for't:
As Thieves, that rob themselves 'twixt Sun and Sun,
Make others pay for what themselves have done.
