THE HONEST WHORE.
25752574Cast. Pray may we
see
some of tho
se wretched Soules,
25762575That here are in your keeping?
Ans. Yes
: you
shall,
25772576But gentlemen I mu
st di
sarme you then,
25782577There are of mad men, as there are of tame,
25792578All humourd not alike
: we haue here
some,
25802579So api
sh and phanta
stike, play with a fether,
25812580And tho twould greeue a
soule, to
see Gods image,
25822581So blemi
sht and defac'd, yet do they a
ct 25832582Such anticke and
such pretty lunacies,
25842583That
spite of
sorrow they will make you
smile:
25852584Others agen we haue like hungry Lions,
25862585Fierce as wilde Buls, vntameable as
flies,
25872586And the
se haue oftentimes
from
strangers
sides
25882587Snatcht rapiers
suddenly, and done much harme,
25892588Whom if youle
see, you mu
st be weaponle
sse.
25912590Ans. Here: take the
se weapons in,
25922591Stand of a little pray,
so,
so, tis well:
25932592Ile
shew you here a man that was
sometimes,
25942593A very graue and wealthy Cittizen,
25952594Has
serud a prenti
ship to this misfortune,
25962595Bin here
seuen yeares, and dwelt in
Bergamo.
25972596Duke. How fell he
from his wits?
25992598Ile
stand a
side, que
stion him you alone,
26002599For if he
spy me, heele not
speake a word,
26012600Vnle
sse hees throughly vext.
Discouers an old man, wrapt in a Net. 2604Duk. God
speed father.
260526031. Mad. God
speed the plough: thou
shalt not
speed me.
26062604Pio. We
see you old man, for all you daunce in a net.
260726051. Mad. True, but thou wilt daunce in a halter, & I
shal not
(see thee. 26092607Cast. Are you a Fi
sherman father?
261026081. Mad. No, i'me neither
fish nor
fle
sh.
26112609Flu. What do you with that net then
? 261226101. Mad. Doe
st not
see foole! theres a
fre
sh Salmon in't: if
26132611you
step one foot furder, youle be ouer
shoes, for you
see ime
I 4 ouer