Not Peer Reviewed
The Whore of Babylon (Quarto, 1607)
2631
Truth and Plaine-dealing leading souldiers with drum
2632
and colours, Time meeting them.
2634
Plai: Nay, when we come to binde vp the whore of Babilons
2637
Time,
Incorporate this to you then: tis the mandate
2638Of your Liefetenant Generall. You fight
2639In your great Faieries quarrell, and Truthes right,
2640Stand therefore too't.
2642Or to cry out of warlike kybes in the heele.
2644The bre
st-plates fetcht from thine owne Armoury,
2645Let euery souldier weare one, on each leader
2647That may as faithfull be to his good sword
2648As thou art to his heart: head all the speares
2649With gold of Angell-proofe. Sit like a doue
2650Vpon the Horsmans helme, and on his face
2652Goe, beate thy drum, that men may know thy march,
2654Souldiers may sweare thei'le follow none but thine. Away.
2657On, what doe you set me to?
2662From running, will choake vs all.
2664
Plai.
Time may do it, this tis: A Broker and his wife that dropt
2665out of the Hangmans budget but la
st day, are now eating into the
2666Camp, and are victualers to it: their very Cannes haue hoopes of
2668day: 15. Liefetenants haue eaten vp their buffe Ierkins with
2671coates, that are linde cleane out with Ale: the Rogue lies euery
2672night vpon as many fethers which grew in souldiers hats, as will
2673vndooe foure hundred Schoolema
sters to hire them for their boyes
2674to goe a fea
sting,
2677three Muskateeres came but to drinke Tabacco in her cabbin, and
2684
Play.
They are by this time leading one another, for when I
2686to.
Exit.
2688And from their tacklings and their maine-ma
st tops.
2690Wedge like to split their Nauie to the keele.
2691Ile cut their Princes downe as blades of gra
s
s
e,