Adultery Is My Nature

Adultery is my nature. Faith, if the truth were known, I was begot After some gluttonous dinner; some stirring dish Was my first father, when deep healths went round, And ladies' cheeks were painted red with wine, Their tongues, as short and nimble as their heels, Uttering words sweet and thick; and when the rose, Were merrily disposed to fall again. In such a whispering and withdrawing hour, When base male-bawds kept sentinel at stair-head, Was I stol'n softly. Oh damnation meet! The sin of feasts, drunken adultery! I feel it swell me; my revenge is just! I was begot in impudent wine and lust.