The Whore of Babylon (Quarto, 1607)

            The Whore of Babylon.
        
 1842
        
                Plain.
             Whats that horse-courser with the bridle?
    
 1843
        
                Time.
             A 
                slaue, that 
                since he dares not touch her head,
    
            1844Would worke vpon her hand:--- laugh and conspire;
    
            1845The higher villaines climbe, they fall the higher.
    
 1846
        
                Plain.
             Stay father, now the Armie comes forward: 
                shee takes
    
            1847downe the flagge, belike their play is done; what will 
                shee beare
    
            1848the collours? thou ha
                st collour enough in thy face already, thou
    
            1849need
                st no more: did ye euer see a more low
                sie band? there's but
    
            1850two rapiers in the whole regiment: now they mu
                ster, now they
    
            1851double their files: marke how their hands juggle, and lay about;
    
            1852this is the maine battell: O well flori
                sht Ancient! the day is
    
            1853their's; see, now they soūd retrait: whither march they now?
        
            Exeūt
        
 1854
        
                Tim.
             To death; their falles, thus Time and Truth proclaime,
    
            1855They 
                shall like leaues drop from the Tree of 
                shame.
    
            1856Lets follow them.
    
 1857
        
                Plain.
             To the gallowes? not I; what doe we know, but this
    
            1858freckled face queane, may be a witch.
    
 1859
        
                Time.
             Shee is so; 
                shee's that damned sorcere
                s
                s
            e,
    
            1860That keepes the inchanted towers of Babylon.
    
            1861This is the Truth, that did bewitch thee once.
    
 1862
        
                Plain.
             Is this speckled toade 
                shee? Shee was then in mine eye,
    
            1863The goodlie
                st woman that euer wore fore part of Sattin:
    
            1864To see what these female creatures are, when they deale with 2.
    
            1865or 3. Nations; how quickly they were carbuneles & rich 
                stones?
    
            1866now 
                shee is more vgly then a bawd.
    
 1867
        
                Yruth.
             Shee look'd so then; fairenes it selfe doth cloth her
    
            1868In mens eyes, till they see me, and then they loath her.
    
 1869
        
                Time.
             Loose no more minutes, come, lets follow them.
    
 1870
        
                Plain.
             With hue and crie, now I know her: this villanous drab is
    
            1871bawd, now I remember, to the Whore of Babylon; and weele ne-
        
            1872uer leaue her, till 
                shee be carted: her face is full of those red pim-
        
            1873ples with drinking Aquauite, the common drinke of all bawdes:
    
            1874come.
        
            Exeunt.
        
 1875
        
            Titania, Elfiron, Florimel, a gentleman 
                    standing aloofe,
        
            1876
            and Ropus.
        
 1877
        
                Titan.
             What comes this paper for?
         
                Fid.
             Your hand.
    
 1878
        
                Titan.
             The cause?
    
 1879
        
                Fidel.
             The Moone that from your beames did borrow light,
    
            1880Hath from her 
                siluer bow 
                shot pitchy clowds
    
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