0.05As it hath beene
sundrie times publikely a
cted by
0.06the right honourable the Earle of Not
- 0.07tingham Lord high Admirall
0.11Printed by Ualentine Syms:
0.13A plea
sant Comedie entituled
0.14An humorous dayes mirth.
1Enter the count Laberuele in his shirt and night gowne, with 2 two iewells in his hand. 4YEt hath the morning
sprinckled throwt the clowdes,
5But halfe her tin
cture and the
soyle of night
stickes
stil
6vpon the bo
some of the ayre: yet
sleepe doth re
st my
7loue for Natures debt, and through her windowe, and this
8dim twee-light, her maide, nor any waking I can
see. This
9is the holy Greene my wifes clo
se walke, to which not a
- 10ny but her
selfe alone hath any key, onelye that I haue
11clapt her key in waxe, and made this counterfeite, to the
12which I
steale acce
sse, to work this rare & politike deuice:
13Faire is my wife and yong and delicate, although too re
- 14ligious in the pure
st sorte, but pure religion being but
15mental
stu
ffe and
sence indeed, al for it
selfe, is to be doub
- 16ted, that when an obie
ct comes
fit to her humour
she wil
17intercept religious letters
sent vnto her minde, and yeelde
18vnto the motion of her bloud, heere haue I brought then
19two rich agots for her, grauen with two po
ses of mine own
20deui
sing, for Poets Ile not tru
st, nor friends, nor any:
shee
21longs to haue a child, which yet alas I cannot get, Yet long
22as much as
she, and not to make her de
sperate, thus I write
23in this faire iewell though it
simple be, yet tis mine owne
24that meaneth well in nought, tis
spare, not of children, loue
A 2
An humerous
25with the longe
st, when man is at the weake
st, god is at
strō
- 26ge
st, I hope tis plain, & knowing in this other that I write,
27God will reward her a thou
sand fold, that takes what age
28can and not what age would, I hope tis prety & pathetical:
29Wel, euen here lie both together til my loue ari
se and let her
30thinke you fall out of the skies, I wil to bed againe.
Exit. 31Enter Lemot and Colenet. 32Lemot. How like thou this morning
Colenet? What,
33shall we haue a faire day?
34Colenet. The skie hangs full of humour, and I thinke
36Lem. Why raine is faire wether when the ground is dry
37and barren, e
specially when it raines humor, for then doe
38men like hot
sparrowes and pigeons open all their wings
40Col. Why then we may chaunce to haue a faire day, for
41we
shall
spend it with
so humorous acquaintance, as raines
42nothing but humor al their life time.
43Le. True
Colenet, ouer which wil I
sit like an old King
44in an old fa
shion play, hauing his wife, his coun
sel, his chil
- 45dren, and his foole about him, to whome he will
sit and
46point very learnedly as foloweth; my coun
sell graue, and
47you my noble peeres, my tender wife, and you my chil
- 48dren deare, and thou my foole.
49Co, Not meaning me
sir I hope.
50Le. No
sir, but thus will I
sit, as it were, and point out
51all my humorous companions.
52Co. You
shal do maruelous wel
sir.
53Le. I thanke you for your good incouragement, but
54Colinet thou
shalt
see Catalian bring me hither an od gen
- 55tleman pre
sently to be acquainted withall, who in his man
- 56ner of taking acquaintance wil make vs excellent
sport.
57Co. Why
Lemot I thinke thou
send
st about of purpo
se
58for yong gallants to be acquainted withal, to make thy
selfe
59merry in the maner of taking acquaintance.
Le. By
dayes mirth.
60Le. By heauen I do
Colenet, for there is no better
sport
61then to ob
serue the complement, for thats their word, com
- 62plement, do you marke
sir?
63Co. Yea
sir, but what humor hath this gallant in his ma
- 64ner of taking acquaintance?
65Le. Marry thus
sir, he will
speake the very
selfe
same
66word, to a
sillable after him of whome he takes acquain
- 67tance, as if I
should
say,
68I am marueilous glad of your acquaintance, He will reply,
69I am meruailous glad of your acquaintance,
70I haue heard much good of your rare parts &
fine cariage,
71I haue heard much good of your rare parts &
fine cariage,
72so long as the complements of a gentleman la
st, he is your
74Co. Why this is excellent.
75Le. Nay
sirra heres the ie
st of it, when hee is pa
st this
76gratulation, he wil retire him
self to a chimny, or a wal
stan
- 77ding folding his armes thus: and go you and
speake to him
78so farre as the roome you are in wil a
fford you, you
shal ne
- 79uer get him from that mo
st gentlemanlike
set, or behauior.
80Co. This makes his humor per
fit, I would he would
82Enter Catalian and Blanuel. 83Le. See where he comes, now mu
st I
say,
Lupus est in 84fabula, for the
se latine ends are part of a gentleman and a
86Catalian. O good morrow
Monseur Lemot, here is the
87gentleman you de
sired
so much to be acquainted withal.
88Le. He is marueilous welcome, I
shall be exceeding
89prowd of your acquaintance.
90Blan. I
shal be exceeding prowd of your acquaintance.
91Le. I haue heard much good of your rare parts and
fine
93Blan. I haue heard much good of your rare parts and
95Le. I
shall be glad to be commanded by you.
A 3 Blan. I
An humorous
96Blan. I
shall be glad to be commanded by you.
97Le. I pray do not you
say
so.
98Blan. I pray do not you
say
so.
99Le. Well Gentlemen, this day let's con
secrate to mirth,
100and
Colenet you know no man better, that you are mightily
101in loue with loue, by
Martia daughter to old
Foyes.
102Co. I confe
sse it here are none but friends.
103Le. Wel then, go to her this morning in Counte
sse
Mo- 104ris name, and
so perhaps you may get her company, thogh
105the olde churle bee
so iealous that he will
su
ffer no man to
106come at her, but the vaine gull
Labesha for his liuing
sake,
107and he as yet
she will not be acquainted withall.
108Co. Well this Ile do what
soeuer come on it.
109Le. Why nothing but good wil come of it, nere doubt
111Cata. Hee hath taken vp his
stand, talke a little further
112and
see and you can remoue him.
113Le. I wil
Cat. nowe Mon
sieur
Blanuele marke I pray.
114Blan. I do
sir very well I warrant you.
115Le. You know the old Count
Laberuele, hath a pa
ssing
116faire yong Lady, that is a pa
ssing foule Puritane.
117Blan. I know her very well
sir,
she goes more like a
118milke maide then a Counte
sse, for all her youth and beau
- 120Lemot. True
sir, yet of her is the old Count
so iealous
121that he will
su
ffer no man to come at her, yet I will
find a
122meanes, that two of vs will haue acce
sse to her tho, be
- 123fore his face, which
shal
so heate his ielous humor til he be
124start mad: but
Colenet go you
fir
st to louely
Martia, for tis
125too
soone for the old Lord and his faire yong Lady to ri
se.
126Co. Adue Mon
seur
Blanuel.
127Blan. Adue good Mon
sieur
Colinet.
Exit Col. 128Le. Mon
seur
Blanuel your kindnes in this wil bind me
130Bla. Mon
seur
Lemot your kindnes in this will bind me
Le. I
dayes mirth.
132Le. I pray you do not
say
so
sir.
133Blan. I pray you do not
say
so
sir,
134Le. Wilt plea
se you to go in.
135Blan. Wilt plea
se you to go in.
136Le. I will follow you.
137Blan. I will follow you.
138Le. It
shall be yours.
139Blan. It
shall be yours.
140Le. Kind Mon
sieur
Blanuel.
141Blan. Kind Mon
sier
Lemot.
Exit. 142Enter Foyes, and Martia, and Besha. 143Foyes. Come on faire daughter fall to your worke of
144mind, and make your body
fit to imbrace the body of this
145Gentlemans, tis art: happy are they
say I.
146Be. I prote
st sir you
speake the be
st that euer I heard.
147Fo. I pray
sir take acquaintance of my daughter.
148Be. I do de
sire you of more acquaintance.
149Fo. Why do
stnot thou
say yea, and I the
same of you?
150Mar. That euery body
sayes.
151Fo. O you would be
singular.
153Fo. Single indeede thats a prety toy,
154Your betters dame beare double, and
so
shall you.
155Be. Exceeding prety, did you marke it for
sooth?
156Mar. What
should I marke for
sooth?
157Be. Your bearing double, which equi
ficate is & hath
158a
fit illu
sion to a hor
se that beares double, for your good
159father meanes you
shall indure your
single life no longer,
160not in wor
se
sence then bearing double for
sooth.
161Mar. I crie you mercy, you know both belike.
162Be. Knowlege for
sooth is like a hor
se, and you that can
163beare double: it nouri
sheth both Bee and Spider, the Bee
164honni
suckle, the Spider poy
son, I am that Bee.
165Mar. I thought
so by your
stinging witte.
166Be, Lady I am a Bee without a
sting, no way hurting
167any, but good to all, and before all, to your sweete
selfe.
Fo. Afore
An humerous
168Fo. Afore God daughter, thou art not worthy to heare
169him
speake: but who comes here?
Enter Colinet. 171Fo. You are welcome
sir for ought that I know yet.
172Co. I hope I
shall be
so
still
sir.
173Fo. What is your bu
sines
sir, and then Ile tell you?
174Co. Mary thus
sir, the Counte
sse
Morene intreats your
175faire daughter to beare her company this fore-noone.
176Fo. This forenoone
sir, doth my Lord or Lady
send for
178Co. My Lady I a
ssure you.
179Fo. My Lady you a
ssure me, very wel
sir, yet that hou
se
180is full of gallant Gentlemen, dangerous thornes to pricke
181yong maides I can tell you.
182Co. There are none but hone
st and honourable Gen
- 184Fo. Al is one
sir for that, Ile tru
st my daughter with any
185man, but no man with my daughter, only your
selfe Mon
- 186ser
Besha, whom I wil intreat to be her gardian, & to bring
188Co. I will waite vpon her, and it plea
se you.
189Fo No
sir, your weight vpō her wil not be
so good: here
190Mon
ser B
esha I deliuer my daughter vnto you a perfe
ct 191maide, and
so I pray you looke well vnto her.
192Co. Farewell Mon
ser
Foyes.
193Besh. I warrant Ile looke vnto her wel enough.
194Mi
stris will it plea
se you to preambulate.
195Ma. With all my heart.
Exeunt. 197Florila What haue I done? put on too many clothes, the
198day is hote, and I am hoter clad then might
su
ffice health,
199my con
science telles me that I haue o
ffended, and Ile put
200them o
ff, that will aske time that might be better
spent, one
201sin will draw another quickly
so,
see how the diuell tempts:
202but whats here? iewels? how
should the
se come here?
La. Good
dayes mirth.
204Lab. Good morrow louely wife, what ha
st thou there?
205Flo. Iewels my Lord which here I
strangely found.
206Lab. Thats
strange indeede, what, where none comes
207but when your
selfe is here?
surely the heauens haue rained
208thee iewels for thy holy life, and v
sing thy olde husbande
209louingly, or el
se doe Fairies haunt this holy greene, as euer
- 210more mine aunce
sters haue thought.
211Flo. Fairies were but in times of ignorance, not
since the
212true pure light hath beene reuealed, and that they come
213from heauen I scarce beleeue: for iewels are vaine things,
214more gold is giuen for
such fanta
stical and fruitle
sse iewels,
215and therfore heauen I know wil not maintain the v
se of va
- 216nitie,
surely I feare I haue much
sinned to
stoupe and take
217them vp, bowing my bodie to an idle worke, the
strength
218that I haue had to this verie deed might haue beene v
sed to
219take a poore
soule vp in the hie way.
220Lab. You are too curious wife, behold your iewels: what
221me thinks therEs poi
ses written on thē, di
spaire not of chil
- Then shee
reades.
222dren, loue with the longe
st, whē man is at the weake
st, god
223is at the
stronge
st; wonderfull rare and wittie, nay diuine,
224why this is heauenly cōfort for thee wife, what is this other?
225God will reward her a thou
sand folde that takes what age
226can, and not what age would, the be
st that euer I heard, no
227mortall braine I thinke did euer vtter
such conceit for good
228plaine matter, and for hone
st rime.
229Flo. Vaine Poetry, I pray you burne them
sir.
230La. You are to blame wife, heauen hath
sent you them to
231decke your
self withall, like to your
self, not to go thus like a
232milk-maid, why there is di
fference in all e
stats by al religiō.
233Flo. There is no di
fference.
234Lab. I prethee wife be of another mind, and weare the
se
235iewels and a veluet hood.
236Flo A veluet hood, O vaine diueli
sh deui
se! a toy made
237with a
super
fluous
flap, which being cut o
ff my head, were
238still as warme.
Diogenes did ca
st away his di
sh, becau
se his
239hand will
serue to help him drinke,
surely the
se heathens
B shall
An humerous
240shall ri
se vp again
st vs.
241Lab. Sure wife I thinke thy keeping alwaies clo
se,
242making thee melancholy, is the cau
se we haue no children,
243and therefore if thou wilt, be mery, and keepe companie a
245Flo. Sure my lord, if I thought I
shold be rid of this
same
246bani
shment of barrennes, and v
se our marriage to the end
247it was made, which was for procreation, I
should
sinne, if
248by my keeping hou
se I
should negle
ct the lawful means to
249be a fruitful mother, & therfore if it plea
se you ile v
se re
sort
250Lab. Gods my pa
ssion what haue I done? who woulde
251haue thought her purene
sle would yeeld
so
soone to cour
- 252ses of temptations? nay harke you wife, I am not
sure that
253going abroad will cau
se fruitfulne
sse in you, that you know
254none knowes but God him
selfe.
255Flo. I know my lord tis true, but the lawfull means mu
st 257Lab. Yea, the lawfull meanes indeed mu
st still, but now I
258remember that lawfull meanes is not abroad.
259Flo. Well, well, Ile keepe the hou
se
still.
260Lab. Nay, heark you lady, I would not haue you thinke,
261mary, I mu
st tel you this, if you
shuld change the maner of
262your life, the world would think you changed religion too.
263Flo. Tis true, I will not go.
264Lab. Nay, if you haue a fancie.
265Flo Yea a fancie, but thats no matter.
266La. Indeed fancies are not for iudicial & religious womē.
267Enter Catalian like a scholer. 268Cat. God
saue your lord
ship, & you mo
st religious lady.
269Lab. Sir you may
say God
saue vs well indeed that thus
270are thru
st vpon in priuate walkes.
271Cat, A
slender thru
st sir, where I toucht you not.
272Lab. Well
sir what is your bu
sines?
273Cat. Why
sir, I haue a me
ssage to my ladie from
Mon- 275Lab. To your lady, wel
sir,
speake your mind to your lady.
Flo.
dayes mirth.
276Flo. You are very welcome
sir, and I pray how doth he.
277Cat. In health Madam, thanks be to God, commending
278his dutie to your ladi
ship, & hath
sent you a me
ssage which
279I would de
sire your honour to heare in priuate.
280Flo. My ladi
ship, and my honor, they be words which
I 281mu
st haue you leaue, they be ydle woordes, and you
shal
282answere for them truly: my dutye to you, or
I de
sire you,
283were a great deale better, then, my ladi
ship, or my honour.
284Cat. I thanke you for your chri
stian admonition.
285Flo. Nay thanke God for me: Come
I will heare your
286me
ssage with all my heart, and you are very welcome
sir.
287Lab. With all my heart, and you are very welcome
sir, and
288go and talke with a yong lu
stie fellow able to make a mans
289haire
stand vpright on his head, what puritie is there in this
290trow you? ha, what wench of the facultie could haue beene
291more forward? Well
sir,
I will know your me
ssage, you
sir,
292you
sir, what
sayes the holy man
sir, come tell true, for by
293heauen or hell
I will haue it out.
294Cat. Why you
shall
sir, if you be
so de
sirous.
295Lab. Nay
sir,
I am more then
so de
sirous: come
sir,
study
296not for a new deuice now.
297Cat. Not
I my lord, this is both new and old,
I am a
scho
- 298ler, and being
spiritually inclined by your ladies mo
st godly
299life,
I am to profe
sse the mini
sterie, & to become her chap
- 300laine, to which end
monsier du Barte hath commended me.
301Lab. Her chaplaine in the diuels name,
fit to be vickar
303Flo. My good head, what are you afraid of? he comes with
304a godly & neighborly
sute: what think you his words or his
305looks can tempt me? haue you
so litle faith? if euery word he
306spake were a
serpent, as
suttle as that which tempted
Eue, he
307cannot tempt me
I warrant you.
308La. Wel an
swered for him lady by my faith: wel hark you
309Ile keepe your chaplaines place yonder for a while, and at
Enter
Lemot.
310length put in one my
self: what more yet? Gods my pa
ssion
311whom do
I see, the very imp of de
solation, the miniō of our
B 2 Kings
An humorous
312King, whome no man
sees to enter his hou
se but hee
313lookes vp, his wife, his children, and his maides, for
314where hee goes hee carries his hou
se vppon his head like a
315snaile: now
sir I hope your bu
sines is to me.
316Lem. No
sir, I mu
st craue a word with my ladie.
317La. The
se words are intollerable, &
she
shal hear no more
318Lem. She mu
st heare me
speake.
319Lab. Mu
st she
sir, haue you brought the kings warrant
321Le. I haue brought that which is aboue Kings.
322Lab. Why euery man for her
sake is a puritan. The Di
- 323uill
I thinke wil
shortly turne Puritan, or the Puritan wil
325Flo. What haue you brought
sir?
326Lem. Mary this Madam, you know we ought to proue
327one anothers con
stancie, and
I am come in all cha
st and
328honourable
sort to proue your con
stancie.
329Flo. You are verie welcome
sir, and
I will abide your
330proofe: it is my dutie to abide your proofe.
331Lab. You'le bide his proofe, it is your dutie to bide his
332proofe, how the diuell will you bide his proofe?
333Flo. My good head, no other wi
se then before your face
334in all honorable and religious
sort, I tell you I am con
stant
335to you, and he comes to trie whether I be
so or no, which I
336mu
st indure, begin your proofe
sir.
337Le. Nay Madam, not in your husbands hearing, thogh in
338his
sight for there is no woman wil
shewe
shee is tempted
339from her con
stancie, though
she be a little: withdraw your
341Lab. Well I will
see though I do not heare, women may
342be courted without o
ffence,
so they re
sist the Cortier.
343Lem. Deare and mo
st beautifull ladie, of al the
sweet ho
- 344ne
st and honorable meanes to proue the puritie of a ladies
345con
stancy, ki
sses are the
stronge
st, I will therefore be bold
346to begin my proofe with a ki
sse.
347Flo. No
sir, no ki
ssing.
Lem.
dayes mirth.
348Lem. No ki
ssing Madam? how
shall I proue you thē
suf
- 349ficiently, not v
sing the mo
st su
fficient proofe to
flatter your
350selfe by a
ffe
ction of
spirit, when it is not per
fitly tried, is
sin.
351Flo, You
say well
sir, that which is truth is truth.
352Le. Then do you wel Lady and yeeld to the truth.
353Flo. By your leaue
sir, my husband
sees, peraduenture
354it may breed an o
ffence to him.
355Lem. How can it breed an o
ffence to your husband to
356see your con
stancie perfe
ctly tried.
357Flo. You are an odde man I
see, but
fir
st I pray tel me
358how ki
ssing is the be
st proofe of cha
st Ladies.
359Lem. To giue you a rea
son for that, you mu
st giue me
360leaue to be ob
scure and Philo
sophicall.
361Flo. I pray you be, I loue Philo
sophie well.
362Lem. Then thus Madam, euery ki
sse is made as the
363voice is by imagination and appetite, and as both tho
se are
364pre
sented to the eare in the voyce,
so are they to the
silent
365spirites in our ki
sses.
366Flo. To what
spirit meane you?
367Lem. To the
spirites of our bloud.
369Lem. Why then my imagination, and mine appetite
370working vpon your eares in my voyce, and vpon your
spi
- 371rites in my ki
sses, pearcing therein the mo
st deeply, they
372giue the
stronger a
ssault again
st your con
stancie.
373Flo. Why then to
say, proue my con
stancy, is as much
375Lem. mo
st true, rare Ladie.
376Flo. Then prooue my con
stancie.
377Lem. Beleeue me Madam, you gather exceeding witti
- 379Lab. O my forehead, my very heart akes at a blowe,
380what do
st thou meane wife? thou wilt loo
se thy fame, di
s- 381credite thy religion, and di
shonour me for euer.
382Flo. Away
sir, I wil abide no more of your proofe, nor
383endure any more of your triall.
B 3 Lem.
An humerous
384Lem. O
she dares not,
she dares not; I am as glad I haue
385tride your puritie as may be: you the mo
st con
stant Lady
386in France? I know an hundred Ladies in this towne that
387wil dance, reuill all night among
st gallants, and in the mor
- 388ning goe to bed to her husband as cleere a woman as if
she
389were new chri
stned, ki
sse him, imbrace him, and
say, no,
390no husband, thou art the man, and he takes her for the wo
- 392Flo. And all this can I doe.
393La. Take heede of it wife.
394Flo. Feare not my good heade, I warrant you for
396Lem. Nay Madam, triumph not before the vi
ctorie,
397howe can you conquer that, again
st which you neuer
398striue, or
striue again
st that which neuer incounters you
399To liue idle in this walke, to inioy this companie, to weare
400this habite, and haue no more delights then tho
se will af
- 401foorde you, is to make vertue an idle hu
swife, and to hide
402her
selfe
slouthfull cobwebbes that
still
should be ado
- 403rned with a
ctions of vi
ctorie: no Madam, if you wil vnwor
- 404thilly prooue your con
stancie to your husband, you mu
st 405put on rich apparrell, fare daintily, heare mu
sique, reade
406Sonetes be continually courted, ki
sse, daunce, fea
st, reuell
407all night among
st gallants, then if you come to bed to
408your husband with a cleere minde, and a cleere body, then
409are your vertues
ipsissima; then haue you pa
ssed the ful te
st 410of experiment, and you
shall haue an hundred gallants
411fight thus farre in bloud for the defence of your reputati
- 413Lab. O vanitie of vanities!
414Flo. O husband this is perfe
ct tryall indeede.
415La. And you wil try all this now, wil you not?
416Flo Yea my good head, for it is written, we mu
st pa
sse
417to perfe
ction through al temptation,
Abacuke the fourth.
418Lab. Abacucke, cucke me no cuckes, in a doores I
419saye, theeues, Puritanes, murderers, in a doores I
say.
dayes mirth.
421Le. So now is he
start mad yfaith: but
sirra, as this is an
422old Lorde iealous of his yong wife,
so is antient Counte
sse
423Moren iealous of her yong husband, weele thither to haue
424some
sport yfaith.
Exit. 425Enter Besha hanging vpon Martia sleeue, and the Lord Moren 427Mar. I prethee
Besha keepe a little o
ff; hang not vpon
428her
shoulders thus for
shame.
429Be. My Lord,
Pardon a moy, I mu
st not let her talk alone
430with any one, for her father gaue me charge.
431Mar. O you are a goodly charger for a Goo
se.
432Be. A Goo
se, you are a Gander to call me Goo
se, I am
433a chri
stian Gentleman as well as you.
434Mar. Well
sirra get you hence, or by my troth Ile haue
435thee taken out in a blanket, to
ssed from forth our hearing.
436Be. In a blanket? what do you make a puppie of me, by
437skies and
stones I will go and tell your Lady.
Exit. 439Mar. Nay he will tell my Lorde.
440Enter the Countesse Moren and Besha. 441Co. Why how now my Lord, what thought you I was
442dead, that you are wooing of another thus, or are you laying
443plots to worke my death?
444Mor. Why neither
sweete bird, what need you moue
445the
se que
stions vnto me, whome you know loues you a
- 446boue all the women in the world?
447Co. How he can
flatter now he hath made a fault.
448Besh, He can do little, and he cannot cogge.
450Co. Wel, come tell me what you did intreat.
451Mor. Nothing by heauen
sweete bird I
sweare, but to
Co. But
An humorous
453Co. But to intreat her loue.
454Mor. Nay heare me out.
455Co. Nay here you are out, you are out too much me
456thinkes, and put me in.
458Co. In a faire taking
sir I meane.
459Mor. O you may
see what ha
stie taking is, you women
460euer more
scramble for our woordes, and neuer take them
461mannerly from our mouths.
462Con. Come tell me what you did intreat.
463Mor. I did intreat her loue to
Colinet.
464Con. To
Colinet? O he is your deare cou
sen, and your
465kinde heart yfaith is neuer well but when you are doing
466good for euery man:
speake, do you loue me?
467Mor. Yfaith
sweete bird.
468Con. Be
st of all others.
469Mor. Be
st of all others?
470Con. Thats my good bird yfaith.
471Besh. O mi
stris, will you loue me
so?
472Mor. No by my troth will I not.
473Besh. No by my troth will I not? Why thats well
said I
474could neuer get her to
flatter me yet.
475Enter Lemot,Blanuel, and Catalian, and Colinet. 476Le. Good morrow my good Lord, and the
se pa
ssing
478Cat. So now we
shall haue all maner of
flattering with
480Le. You are all manner of waies deceiued Madam, for
481I am
so farre from
flattering you, that I do not a whit
483Con. Why do you call vs pa
ssing louely then?
484Lem. Becau
se you are pa
ssing from your louelines.
485Mar. Madam we
shall not haue one mot of Mon
sieur
486Lemot, but it
shal be as it were a mote to drown al our con
- 488Le. See what a mote her quick eye can
spie in mine, be
- fore
dayes mirth.
489fore
she lookes in it.
490Mar. So mote I thee, thine an
swer is as good as mought
492Le. Heres a poore name run out of breath quickly.
493Co. Why Mon
sieur
Lemot, your name is runne out of
494breath at euery word you
speake.
495Le. Thats becau
se my name
signi
fies word.
496Mar. Wel hit, Mon
sieur
verbum.
497Le. What are you good at latine Lady?
498Mar. No
sir, but I know what
verbum is.
499Le. Why tis greenebum,
ver is greene, and you know
500what bum is, I am
sure of that.
501Mar. No
sir, tis a verbe, and I can decline you.
502Lem. That you can Ile be
sworne.
504Le. Decline me, or take me a hole lower, as the pro
- 506Mar. Nay
sir, I meane plaine Gramatical declination
507Le. Well, let's heare your
scholler
ship, and decline me.
508Mar. I will
sir,
moto,
motas.
509Besha. O excellent!
she hath cald him a
sse in latine.
510Le. Well
sir, forward.
511Mar. Nay theres enough to trie both our
scholer
ships
512Le. Moto,
motas, nay faith forward to
motaui, or
motandi.
513Mar. Nay
sir, Ile leaue when I am well.
514Co. Why Mon
sieur
Lemot, your name being in word
515general, is in nini, or in hammer, or in cock, or in buzzard.
516Le. Or in wagtaile, or in woodcocke, or in dotteril, or in
518Ma. Or in clotte, or in head, or in cow, or in baby.
519Le. Or in maukin, or in tra
sh, or in pape, or in Lady.
520Co. Or in deed in euery thing.
521Le. Why then tis in Thing.
522Ma. Then good Mon
sier Thing, there let it re
st.
523Le. Then aboue all things I mu
st haue a woorde with
C Be. Hands
An humerous
525Be. Hands o
ff sir,
she is not for your mowing.
526Le. She is for your mocking.
527Be. And
she mocke me, Ile tell her father.
528Le. Thats a good child, thou
smelle
st of the mother, and
529she was a foole I warrant you.
530Be. Meddle with me, but doe not meddle with my
532Le. Thats a good child, come, I mu
st needes haue a
534Be. You
shall do none of your needs with her
sir.
535Cata. Why what will you do?
536Be. What will I doe? you
shall
see what Ile do.
Then he of-
fereth to
draw.
537Blan. Go to you a
sse, o
ffer to draw here, and weele draw
538thee out of the hou
se by the heeles.
539Be. What, three again
st one? now was euer proper hard
540fauord Gentleman
so abu
sed?
541Go to Mi
stris
Martia, I
see you well enough, are
542you not a
shamed to
stand talking alone with
such a one as
544Le. How
sir? with
such a one as I
sir?
545Be. Yea
sir, with
such a one as you
sir.
547Be. What are you
sir? why I know you well enough.
548Le. Sirra tel me, what you know me for, or el
se by hea
- 549uen Ile make thee better thou had
st neuer knowne how to
551Be. Why
sir, if you wil needes know, I know you for
552an honorable gentleman and the Kings minion, and were
553it not to you, theres nere a gentleman in Paris
should haue
554had her out of my hands.
555Ma. Nay, hees as tall a Gentleman of his hands as any
557Col. Theres a fauour for you
sir.
558Le. But I can get no fauour for you
sir.
559Blan. I pray my Lord intreat for your co
ssen
Colinet.
560Mo. Alas man,
I dare not for my wife.
Cat. Why
dayes mirth.
561Cat. Why my Lord
she thinkes it is for nothing, but to
562speake for your co
sen.
563Mo. I pray you birde, giue me leaue to
speake for my
565Co. I am content for him.
566Mo. Then one woorde with you more, curteous ladie
568Be. Not, and you were my father.
569Mo. Gentlemen, for God
sake thru
st this a
sse out of the
571Lem. Nay, birladye he le runne home and tell her fa
- 573Ca. Well, go to her, I warrant he
shall not trouble you
574(kind gentleman) how we dote on thee: imbrace him gen
- 576Blan. O
sweete B
esha how we honour thee.
577Co. Nay Gentlemen, looke what a pearcing eye hee
579Be. An eie? I haue an eie and it were a pole-cat.
580Ca. Nay, looke what a no
se he hath.
581Be. My no
se is nete crim
son.
582Blan. Nay, looke what a hand
some man he is, O
583Nature, Nature, thou neuer made
st man of
so pure a fea
- 585Be. Truly truly Gentlemen, I do not de
serue this kind
- 587Ca. O Lorde
sir, you are too mode
st, come
shall we
589Be. Whither? to the alehou
se?
590Le Hearke you Madam, haue you no more care of the
591right of your husband, then to let him talke thus a
ffe
ctio
- 593Coun. Why he
speakes not for him
selfe, but for his co
sen
595Le. Gods my life? he telles you
so, nay and the
se excu
ses
596may
serue I haue done.
C 2 Co. By
An humorous
597Con. By the ma
sse now I ob
serue him, he lookes very
598su
spitiou
sly indeede, nere tru
st me if his lookes, and his ie
- 599sture doe not plainely
shewe him
selfe to
sweare, by this
601Lem. Burlady Madam you ge
sse
shrewdly indeede,
602but hearke you Madam, I pray let not me be the author
603of di
scord betweene my good Lord and you.
604Con. No no Mon
sieur L
emot, I were blinde if I could
605not
see this, ile
slit her no
se by Ie
sus
606Me. How now whats the matter?
607Co. Whats the matter? if I could come at your Mi
stris,
608she
should know whats the matter.
610Co. Yea your Mi
stris, O heres faire di
ssimulation, O ye
611impudent go
ssip, do I
send for you to my hou
se to make
612you my cōpanion, and do you v
se me thus? little do
st thou
613know what tis to loue a man truly, for if thou did
st, thou
614would
st be a
shamed to wrong me
so.
615Mar. You wrong me Madam to
say I wrong you.
616Co. Go to, get you out of my hou
se.
618Mor. Well, come in
sweete bird and Ile per
swade thee,
620C. Well, we
shall heare your per
swa
sions.
621Le. Well God knowes, and I can partly ge
sse what he
622mu
st do to per
swade her: well, take your faire charge, faire
623and manly L. Mon
sieur
Labesha.
624Co. One word with you more faire ladie.
625Le. Not a word, no man on paine of death, not a word,
626he comes vpon my rapiers point, that comes within fortie
628Be. Thankes good
Lemot, and thankes gentlemen all,
629and her father
shal thanke you.
630C. Much good do it you
sir: come Gentlemen, lets go
631wait vpon the king, and
see the humour of the young lord
dayes mirth.
634Lem. Excu
se me to the King, and tell him I will meet
635him there:
so this is but the beginning of
sport betweene
636this
fine lord and his old lady: but this wench M
artia hath
637happy
starres raigned at the di
spo
sition of her beautie, for
638the King him
selfe doth mightily dote on her. Now to my
639Puritane, and
see if I can make vp my full proofe of her.
640Enter the puritane in her best attyre. 641Flo. Now am I vp and ready, ready? why? becau
se my
642cloathes once on, that call we ready: but readine
sse I hope
643hath reference to
some
fit a
ction for our
seuerall
state: for
644when I am attyred thus Counte
sse-like, tis not to worke,
645for that be
fittes me not, tis on
some plea
sure, who
se chiefe
646obie
ct is one mans content, and hee my husbande is, but
647what need I thus be attyred, for that he would be plea
sed
648with meaner weed? be
sides I take no plea
sure thus to plea
se
649him: I am content, becau
se it is my duty to keep to him, and
650not to
seeke no further: but if that plea
sure be a thing that
651makes the time
seeme
short, if it do laughter cau
se, if it pro
- 652cure the tongue but hartily to
say, I thanke you, I haue no
653such thing, nor can the godlie
st woman in the worlde, a
- 654gain
st her nature plea
se her
sen
se, or
soule,
she may
say, this
655I will, or this I will not. But what
shall
she reape hereby?
656comfort in an other world, if
she will
stay till then.
657Enter her husband behind her. 658Lab. Yea mary
sir now I mu
st looke about, now if her
659de
solate proouer come againe,
shal I admit him to make
660farther triall? Ile haue a Dialogue betweene my
selfe and
661manly rea
son: to that
speciall end rea
son,
shall I indure a de
- 662solate man to come and court my wife, and proue her con
- 663stancie: rea
son, to court and proue her you may beare my
664lord, for per
fite things are not the wor
se for triall; gold will
665not turne to dro
sse for deepe
st triall: before God a comfor
- 666table
saying: thanks gentle rea
son, Ile trouble you no more.
An humerous
668God
saue
sweet wife, looke vp, thy tempter comes.
669Flo. Let him my lord, I hope I am more ble
st then to
670relent in thought of lewde
sugge
stion.
671Lab. But if by frailtie you
should yeeld in thought, what
673Flo. Then
shall you keepe me clo
se, and neuer let me
see
674man but your
selfe, if not, then boldly may I go abroade.
675Lab. But how,
shall I know whether you yeeld, or no?
676Flo. Heare vs your
selfe, my lord.
677Lab. Tut, that were gro
sse, for no woman will yeeld in
679Flo. Then to a
ssure you if I yeelde or no, marke but
680the
se
signes: as hee is proouing me, if I doe yeelde, you
681shall perceyue my face blu
sh and looke pale, and put on
682heauie lookes. If I re
sist I will triumph, and smile, and
683when I hold but vp my
finger,
stop his vaine lips, or thru
st 684him on the brea
st, then is he ouerthrowne both hor
se and
686Lab. Why, this doth
satis
fie me mightily:
see hee is
688Lem. Honor to my good lord, and his faire yong ladie.
689Lab. Nowe Mon
sieur Sathan, you are come to
690tempt and prooue at full the
spirit of my wife.
691Lem. I am my lord, but vainly
I suppo
se.
692Lab. You
see
she dares put on this braue attire
fit with
693the fa
shion, which you think
serues much to lead a woman
695Lem. My lord I
see it: and the
sight thereof doth halfe
696dismay me to make further proofe.
697Lab. Nay prooue her, proue her
sir, and
spare not:
698what doth the wittie minion of our King thinke any dame
699in France will
say him nay? but proue her, proue her,
see
701Lem. Well
sir, though halfe di
scouraged in my com
- 702ming, yet
Ile go forward: ladie, by your leaue.
703Flo. Nowe
sir, your cunning in a Ladyes proofe.
dayes mirth.
705Lem. Madam, in prouing you
I find no proofe again
st 706your piercing glauncings, but
swear
I am
shot thorow with
708Flo. I do beleeue you: who will
sweare he loues, to get
709the thing he loues not? if he loue, what needs more per
fite
711Lem. Mo
st true rare ladie.
712Flo. Then are we
fitly met, I loue you too.
713Lem. Exceeding excellent.
714Flo. Nay, I knowe you will applaude mee in this
715cour
se, but to let common circum
staunces pa
sse, let vs be
717Lem. Deare life, you raui
sh my conceit with ioy.
718Lab. I long to
see the
signes that
she will make.
719Flo. I told my husband I would make the
se
signes: if I
720re
sisted,
fir
st hold vp my
finger, as if
I said, yfaith
sir you
721are gone, but it
shall
say, yfayth
sir, we are one.
722Lab. Nowe
shee triumphes, and pointes to heauen
I 724Flo. Then mu
st I seeme as if
I woulde heare no moret
725and
stoppe your vaine lips, go cruell lippes, you haue be
- 727Lab. Now
she
stops in his
scorned wordes, and rates
729Flo. And when I thru
st you thus again
st the brea
st, then
730are you ouerthrowne both hor
se and foote.
731Lab. Now is he ouerthrowne both hor
se and foote.
732Flo. Away vaine man, haue
I not an
swered you?
733Lem. Madam, I yeeld and
sweare,
I neuer
saw
so con
- 734stant, nor
so vertuous a ladie.
735Lab. Now
speake I pray, and
speake but truly, haue
736you not got a wrong
sow by the eare?
737Lem. My lord, my labor is not altogether lo
st, for now
738I
find that which
I neuer thought.
739Lab. A
sirrah, is the edge of your
steele wit rebated then
Lem.
An humorous
741Lem. It is my Lord, yet one word more faire ladie.
742Lab. Faine would he haue it do, and it will not be: harke
743you wife, what
signe will you make mee nowe if you re
- 745Flo. Lend him my handkercher to wipe his lips of their
747Lab. Excellent good, go forward,
see I pray.
748Flo. An other
signe yfaith, loue is required.
749Lem. Let him haue
signes inowe, my heauenly loue,
750then knowe there is a priuate meeting this day at Verones
751ordinarie, where if you will do me the grace to come, and
752bring the beauteous
Martia with you, I wil prouide a faire
753and priuate roome, where you
shal be vn
seene of any man,
754onely of me, and of the King him
selfe, whom I will cau
se
755to honour your repaire with his high pre
sence, and there
756with Mu
sicke and quicke reuellings you may reuiue your
757spirits
so long time dulled.
758Flo. Ile
send for
Martia then, and meete you there, and
759tell my husband, I wil locke my
selfe in my choi
se walke
760till
supper-time: we pray
sir, wipe your lips of the disgrace
761they tooke in their la
st labour.
762Lem. Mary the diuell was neuer
so di
spited.
764Lem. No, no, my L, you haue the con
stant
st wife that
765euer: wel, Ile
say no more.
Exit. 766Lab. Neuer was minion
so di
sminioned, come con
- 767stancie, come my girle, Ile leaue thee loo
se to twentie of
769 Then he
sighes.
Flo. Come my good head, come.
Exit. 770Enter the King and all the lords, with the Trumpets. 771King. Why
sound the
se Trumpets in the Diuelles
773C. To
shew the King comes.
774King. To
shew the King comes Go hang the Trum
- 775petters, they mocke me boldly, and euery other thing that
makes
dayes mirth.
776makes me knowne, not telling what
I am, but what
I seem,
777a King of clouts, a
scarcrow, full of cobwebs,
spiders and
778earewigs, that
sets
Iackdawes long tongue in my bo
some,
779and vpon my head, and
such are all the a
ffe
ctions of loue
780swarming in me, without commaund or rea
son.
781Lem. Howe nowe my liege! what quackemyred in
782Philo
sophie, bounde with loues whipcorde, and quite
783robbed of rea
son: and Ile giue you a receyte for this pre
- 785King. Peace L
emot, they
say the yong lord
Dowseger is
786rarely learned, and nothing lunatike as men
suppo
se, but
787hateth companie, and worldly tra
sh, the iudgement and
788the iu
st contempt of them, haue in rea
son arguments that
789breake a
ffe
ction (as the mo
st sacred Poets write) and
790still the roughe
st wind: and his rare humour come we now
792Lem. Yea, but hearke you my liege, Ile tell you a better
793humour then that, here pre
sently will be your faire loue
794Martia, to
see his humour, and from thence faire counte
sse
795Florula, &
she will go vnto Verones ordinarie, where none
796but you and
I, and Count
Moren, will be mo
st merry.
797King. Why Count
Moren I hope dares not aduenture
798into any womans companie, but his wiues.
799Lem. Yes, as I will worke, my liege, and then let me alone
800to keepe him there till his wife comes.
801King. That will be royall
sport:
see where all comes:
802welcome faire lords and ladies.
803Enter Laberuele, Labesha, and all the rest. 804Lab. My liege you are welcome to my poore hou
se.
805Lem. I pray, my liege know this Gentleman e
specially,
806he is a Gentleman borne
I can tell you.
807King. With all my heart: what might I call your name?
808Lab. Monsieur L
abesha,
siniora defoulasa.
809Ki. Defoulasa, an il
sounding barrendrie of my word: bur
810to the purpo
se, lord L
aberuele, we are come to
see the hu
- D mour
An humerous
811mour of your rare
sonne, which by
some meanes I pray let
813La. Your highnes
shal too vnworthily pertake the
sight
814which I with griefe and teares daily behold,
seeing in him
815the end of my poore hou
se.
816King. You know not that (my lord) your wife is yong,
817and he perhaps hereafter may be mooued to more
societie.
818La. Would to God hee would, that wee might do to
819your crowne of France, more worthy and more accepta
- 821King. Thanks good my lord,
see where he appeeres.
822Enter Lauele with a picture, and a paire of large hose, and a 823codpeece, and a sword. 824K. Say L
auel, where is your friend the yong lord
Dowsecer?
825La. I looke my liege he will be here anone, but then I
826mu
st intreat your Maie
stie and all the re
st, to
stand vn
seen,
827for he as yet will brooke no companie.
828King. We will
stand clo
se L
auele, but wherefore bring
829you this apparell, that pi
cture, and that
sword?
830Lau. To put him by the
sight of them in mind of their
831braue
states that v
se them, or that at the lea
st of the true v
se
832they
should be put vnto.
833King. Indeede the
sence doth
still
stir vp the
soule, and
834though the
se obie
cts do not worke, yet it is very probable
835in time
she may, at lea
st, we
shal di
scerne his humor of thē.
836Lem. See where he comes contemplating,
stand clo
se.
838 Quid Dei potes videri magnum in rebus humanis quaeterni 839omnes to thy
ousque notas sic omnibus magna tutor, what
840can
seeme
strange to him on earthly things to whom the
841whole cour
se of eternitie, and the round compa
sse of the
842world is knowne? a
speech diuine, but yet I maruaile much
843how it
should
spring from thee, M
arke C
icero that
sold for
844glory the
sweet peece of life, & make a torment of rich na
- 845tures work, wearing thy
self by watchful candel light, when
846all the Smithes & Weauers were at re
st, and yet was gallant
ere
dayes mirth.
847ere the day bird
sung to haue a troope of clyents at thy
848gates, armed with religious
suplicatiōs,
such as wold make
849sterne
Minos laugh to reade: look on our lawyers billes, not
850one containes virtue or hone
st drifts; but he cares, he cares,
851he cares; for acorns now are in reque
st, but the okes poore
852fruite did nouri
sh men, men were like okes of body, tough,
853and
strong men were like Gyants then, but Pigmies now,
854yet full of villanies as their skinne can hold.
855Le. How like you this humor my liege?
856King. This is no humour, this is but per
fit iudgement.
857Coun. Is this a fren
sie?
858Mar. O were al men
such, men were no men but gods:
860Do. See
see the
shamele
sse world, that dares pre
sent her
861mortall enemie with the
se gro
se en
signes of her lenity, yron
862and
steele, vncharitable
stu
ffe, good
spittle-founders, ene
- 863mies to whole skinnes, as if there were not waies enow to
864die by natural and ca
suall accidents, di
sea
ses,
surfeits, braue
865carow
ses, old aquavit
ae, and too ba
se wiues, and thou
sands
866more hence with this art of murder. But here is goodly
867geare, the
soule of man, for tis his better part, take away
868this, and take away their merites, and their
spirites,
scarce
869dare they come in any publike view, without this counte
- 870nance giuer, and
some dares not come, becau
se they haue it
871too, for they may
sing, in written books they
find it, what is
872it then the fa
shion, or the co
st, the co
st doth match, but yet
873the fa
shion more, for let it be but meane,
so in the fa
shion,
874& tis mo
st gentleman like, is it
so? make a hand in the mar
- 875gent, and burne the booke, a large hou
se and a codpeece
876makes a man a codpece, nay indeed but hou
se mu
st down:
877well for your gentle forgers of men, and for you come to
878re
st me into fa
shion, Ile weare you thus, and
sit vpon the
880La. And he doth de
spi
se our purpo
ses.
881Ca. Beare with him yet my Lorde, hee is not re
sol
- D 2 La. I
An humorous
883La. I would not haue my friend mocke worthy men,
884for the vaine pride of
some that are not
so.
885Dow. I do not here deride di
fference of
states, no not
886in
shew, but wi
sh that
such as want
shew might not be
scor
- 887ned with ignorant Turki
sh pride, beeing pompous in ap
- 888parel, and in mind: nor would I haue with imitated
shapes
889menne make their natiue land, the land of apes, liuing like
890strangers when they be at home, and
so perhaps beare
891strange hearts to their home, nor looke a
snu
ffe like a pian
- 892ncts taile, for nothing but their tailes and formall lockes,
893when like to creame boules all their vertues
swim in their
894set faces, all their in parts then
fit to
serue pe
sants or make
895curdes for dawes: but what a
stocke am I thus to negle
ct 896this
figure of mans comfort this rare peece?
897La. Heauens grant that make him more humane, and
899King. Nay hees more humane then all we are.
900La. I feare he will be too
sharp to that
sweete
sex.
901Dow. She is very faire, I thinke that
she be painted; and
902if
she be
sir,
she might aske of mee, how many is there of
903our
sexe that are not? tis a
sharpe que
stion: marry and I
904thinke they haue
small skill, if they were all of painting,
905twere
safer dealing with them, and indeed were their minds
906strong enough to guide their bodies, their beuteous deeds
907shoulde match with their heauenly lookes, twere nece
ssa
- 908rie they
should weare them, and would they vouch
safe it,
909euen I would ioy in their
societie.
910Ma. And who would not die with
such a man?
911Dow. But to admire them as our gallants do, O what an
912eie
she hath, O dainty hand, rare foote and legge, and leaue
913the minde re
spe
ctles, this is a plague, that in both men and
914women make
such pollution of our earthly beeing: well I
915will pra
ctice yet to court this peece.
916La. O happie man, now haue I hope in her.
917King. Me thinkes I could indure him daies and nights.
918Dow. Well
sir, now thus mu
st I do
sir, ere it come to
women
dayes mirth.
919women; now
sir a plague vpon it, tis
so ridiculous I can no
920further: what poore a
sse was it that
set this in my way? now
921if my father
should be the man: Gods precious coles tis
923Lab. Good
sonne go forward in this gentle humor, ob
- 924serue this pi
cture, it pre
sents a maide of noble birth and ex
- 925cellent of parts, whom for our hou
se and honor
sake, I wi
sh 926thou would
st confe
sse to marrie.
927Dow. To marrie father? why we
shall haue children.
928La. Why that's the ende of marriage, and the ioye of
930Do. O how you are deceiued, you haue but me, & what
931a trouble am I to your ioy? but father, if you long to haue
932some fruite of me,
see father I will creepe into this
stuborne
933earth and mixe my
fle
sh with it, and they
shall breede
934gra
sse, to fat oxen, a
sses and
such like, and when they in the
935gra
sse the
spring conuerts into bea
sts nouri
shment, then
936comes the fruite of this my body forth; then may you well
937say,
seeing my race is
so pro
fitably increa
sed, that good fat
938oxe, and that
same large eard a
sse are my
sonne
sonnes, that
939caulfe with a white face is his faire daughter, with which,
940when your
fields are richly
filled, then will my race content
941you, but for the ioyes of children, tu
sh tis gone, children
942will not de
serue, nor parents take it: wealth is the onely
943father & the child, and but in wealth no man hath any ioy.
944La. Some cour
se deare
sonne take for thy honor
sake.
945Dow. Then father heres a mo
st excellent cour
se.
946La. This is
some comfort yet.
947Dow. If you will
strait be gone and leaue me here, Ile
948stand as quietlye as anye lambe, and trouble none of you
950Le. How like you this humour yet my liege?
951King. As of a holy fury, not a fren
sie.
952Mor. See
see my liege, he hath
seene vs
sure.
953King. Nay looke how he viewes
Martia and makes
An humerous
956Lem. Yea my liege, and
she as I hope wel ob
serued, hath
957vttered many kind conceits of hers.
958King. Well Ile be gone, and when
shee comes to Ve
- 959rones ordinarie, Ile haue her taken to my cu
stodie.
960Lem, Ile
stay my liege, and
see the euent of this.
961King. Do
so
Lemot.
Exit the king. 962Dow. What haue I
seene? howe am I burnt to du
st 963with a new Sun, and made a nouell Ph
oenix, is
she a wo
- 964man that obie
cts this
sight, able to worke the chaos of the
965world into ge
stion? O diuine a
spe
ct, the excellent di
spo
ser
966of the mind
shines in thy beautie, and thou ha
st not chaun
- 967ged my
soule to
sen
se, but
sen
se vnto my
soule, and I de
sire
968thy pure
societie, but euen as angels do, to angels
flie.
Exit. 969Mar. Flie
soule and follow him.
970Lab. I maruaile much at my
sonnes
sodaine
straunge
972Lem. Beare with him yet my Lord, tis but his humour:
973come, what
shall we go to Verones ordinarie?
974Lab. Yea for Gods
sake, for I am pa
ssing hungry.
975Mor. Yea, come Mon
sieur L
emot, will you walke?
976Count. What, will you go?
977Mor. Yea
sweet bird, I haue promi
sed
so.
978Count. Go to, you
shall not go and leaue me alone.
979Mor. For one meale gentle bird: Veron inuites vs to buy
980some iewels he hath brought of late from
Italie: Ile buy the
981be
st, and bring it thee,
so thou wilt let me go.
982Count. Well
said
flattering
Fabian, but tel me then what
984Mor. Ladies? why none.
985Lem. No ladies v
se to come to ordinaries, Madam.
986Count. Go to bird, tell me now the very truth.
987Mor. None of mine honour bird, you neuer heard that
988ladies came to ordinaries.
989Count O thats becau
se I
should not go with you.
990Mar. Why tis not
fit you
should.
991Cou. Well heark you bird, of my word you
shall not go,
dayes mirth.
993vnle
sse you will
sweare to me, you will neither court nor
994ki
sse a dame in any
sort, till you come home againe.
995Mar. Why
I sweare I will not.
996Count. Go to, by this ki
sse.
997Mar. Yea, by this ki
sse.
998Foies. M
artia, learne by this when you are a wife.
999Lab. I like the ki
ssing well.
1000Flo. My lord Ile leaue you, your
sonne
Dowsecer hath
1001made me melancholy with his humour, and Ile go locke
1002my
selfe in my clo
se walke till
supper time.
1003Lab. What, and not dine to day?
1004Flo. No my good head: come M
artia, you and
I will
1006Mar. With all my heart Madam.
Exit. 1007Lab. Well Gentlemen Ile go
see my
sonne.
Exit. 1008Foy. Birlady Gentlemen Ile go home to dinner.
1009Labe. Home to dinner? birlord but you
shall not, you
1010shall go with vs to the ordinarie, where you
shall meete
1011Gentlemen of
so good carriage, and pa
ssing cōplements, it
1012will do your hart good to
see them, why you neuer
saw the
1013be
st sort of Gentlemen if not at ordinaries.
1014Foy. I promi
se you thats rare, my lord, and Mon
sieur
Le- 1015mot, Ile meet you there pre
sently.
1016Lem. Weele expe
ct your comming.
Exeunt all. 1018Enter Uerone with his Napkin vpon his shoulder, and his 1019man Iaques with another, and his sonne bringing 1020in cloth and napkins. 1022Uer. Come on my mai
sters,
shadow the
se tables with
1023their white vailes, accompli
sh the court Cupboord, waite
1024diligently to day for my credite and your owne, that if the
1025meate
should chance to be raw, yet your behauiors being
1026neither rude nor raw, may excu
se it, or if the meate
should
1027chaunce to be tough, be you tender ouer them in your at
- 1028tendance, that the one may beare with the other.
Iaq.
An humorous
1029Iaq. Faith
some of them bee
so hard to plea
se,
finding
1030fault with your cheere, and di
scommending your wine,
1031saying, they fare better at Verones for halfe the mony.
1032Boy. Be
sides, if there be any cheboules in your napkins,
1033they
say your no
se or ours haue dropt on them, and then
1034they throw them about the hou
se.
1035Uer. But the
se bee small faultes, you may beare with
1036them, young Gentlemen and wilde heades will be doing.
1038Maid. Come, who
se wit was it to couer in this roome,
1039name in the of God I trowee.
1040Boy. Why I hope this roome is as faire as the other.
1041Maid. In your fooli
sh opinion: you might haue tolde a
1042wi
se body
so, and kept your
selfe a foole
still.
1043Boy. I cry you mercie, how bitter you are in your pro
- 1045Maid. So bitter I am
sir.
1046Uer. O
sweet
Sateena I dare not
say I loue thee.
1047Iaq. Mu
st you controule vs you proud baggage you?
1048Maid. Baggage? you are a knaue to call me baggage.
1049Iaq. A knaue? my mai
ster
shall know that.
1050Ver. I will not
see them.
1051Iaq. Mai
ster, here is your Maid v
ses her
selfe
so
saw
si- 1052ly, that one hou
se
shall not holde vs two long, God wil
- 1054Uer. Come hither hu
swife. Pardon mee
sweete
Iace- 1055nan, I mu
st make an angry face outwardly, though I smile
1057Maid. Say what you will to me
sir.
1058Ver. O you are a
fine Go
ssip, can I not keepe hone
st 1059seruants in my hou
se, but you mu
st controule them? you
1060mu
st be their mi
stres.
1061Maid. Why I did but take vp the cloth, becau
se my mi
- 1062stre
sse would haue the dinner in an other roome, and hee
dayes mirth.
1065Iaq. You called me knaue and foole, I thanke you
small
1067Ma. Go to, go to,
she were wi
se enough would talke
1069Boy. Go thy waies for the prowde
st harlotrie that euer
1071Ver. Let her alone boy, I haue
scoold her I warant thee,
1072she
shall not be my maide long, if I can helpe it.
1073Boy. No, I thinke
so
sir, but what,
shal I take vppe the
1075Ue. No, let the cloth lie, hither theile com
fir
st, I am
sure
1076of it, then If they will dine in the other roome, they
shal.
1078Ro. Good morrow my ho
st, is no body come yet?
1079Ue. Your wor
ship is the
fir
st sir.
1080Ro. I was inuited by my co
sen
Colinet, to
see your iew
- 1082Ve. I thanke his wor
ship and yours.
1083Ro. Heres a prettie place for an ordinarie, I am very
1084sory I haue not v
sed to come to ordinaries.
1085Ve. I hope we
shall haue your company hereafter.
1086Ro. You are very like
so.
1088Ber. Good morrow my ho
st, good morrow good
1090Ro. Good morrow to you
sir,
1091Ber. What are we two the
fir
st? giue's the cardes, here
1092come, this gentleman and I wil go to cardes while dinner
1094Ro. No truly I cannot play at cardes.
1095Ber. How! not play, O for
shame
say not
so, how can a
1096yong gentleman
spend his time but in play, and in courting
1097his Mi
stris: come v
se this, lea
st youth take too much of the
1099Ro. Faith I cannot play, and yet I care not
so much
An humorous
1101to venture two or three crownes with you.
1102Ber. O I thought what I
shuld
find of you, I pray God
1103I haue not met with my match.
1104Ro. No tru
st me
sir, I cannot play.
1105Ber. Hearke you my ho
st, haue you a pipe of good
1107Ue. The be
st in the towne: boy drie a leafe.
1108Boy. Theres none in the hou
se
sir.
1109Ve. Drie a docke leafe.
1110Be. My ho
st, do you know Mon
sieur
Blanuel?
1111Ue. Yea pa
ssing well
sir.
1112Be. Why, he was taken learning trickes at old L
ucilas 1113hou
se the mu
ster mi
stris of all the smocktearers in Paris,
1114and both the bawde and the pander were carried to the
1116Ve. There was dungeon vpon dungeon, but call you her
1117the mu
ster-mi
stris of al the
smocktearers in Paris?
1118Be. Yea, for
she hath them all trained vp afore her.
1120Bla. Good morow my ho
st, good morow gentlemen al.
1121Ue. Good morow Mon
sieur
Blanuel, I am glad of your
1123Bla. Deliuery, what did
st thou thinke I was with child?
1124Ve. Yea of a dungeon.
1125Bla. Why, how knew you that?
1126Ro. Why
Berger told vs.
1127Bla. Berger who told you of it?
1128Be. One that I heard, by the lord.
1129Bla. O excellent, you are
still playing the wagge.
1130Enter Lemot and Moren. 1131Le Good morrow Gentlemen all, good morrow good
1134Le. I pray my lord look what a prety falling band he hath,
1135tis pretty fanta
sticall, as I haue
seen made, with good iudge
- 1136ment, great
shew, and but tittle co
st.
Morene.
dayes mirth.
1137Moren. And
so it is
I promi
se you, who made it
I 1139Row I know not yfaith, I bought it by chance.
1140Le. It is a very pretty one, make much of it.
1141Enter Catalian sweating. 1142Ca. Boy, I prethee call for a cour
se napkin. Good mor
- 1143row Gentlemen,
I would you had bin at the tenni
scourt,
1144you
should haue
seene me a beat Mon
sieur B
esan, and I
1145gaue him
fifteene and all his faults.
1146Le. Thou did
st more for him, then euer God wil do for
1148Ca. Iaques,
I prethee
fill me a cup of canary, three parts
1150Le. You
shall haue all water and if it plea
se you.
1152Ma. Who cald for a cour
se napkin?
1153Ca. Marry
I,
sweete heart, do you take the paines to
1154bring it your
selfe, haue at you by my ho
sts leaue.
1155Ma. Away
sir,
fie for
shame.
1156Ca. Hearke you my ho
st, you mu
st marry this young
1157wench, you do her mighty wrong els.
1158Ver. O
sir, you are a merry man.
1159Enter Foyes and Labesha. 1160Foy. Good morrow gentlemen, you
see
I am as good as
1162Mo. You are
sir, and
I am very glad of it.
1163Le You are welcome Mon
sieur F
oyes: but you are not,
1165Be. No, welcome that Gentleman, tis no matter for me.
1166Le. How
sir? no matter to you, by this ru
sh I am angry
1167with you, as if al our loues prote
sted vnto you were di
ssem
- 1168bled, no matter for you?
1169Be. Nay
sweet L
emot be not angry, I did but ie
st, as I am
E 2 Lem.
An humorous
1171Lem. Yea but theres a di
fference of ie
sting, you wrong
1172all our a
ffe
ctions in
so doing.
1173Be. Faith and troth I did not, and I hope
sirs you take it
1175All. No matter for me, twas very vnkindly
sayd, I mu
st 1177La. You
see how they loue me.
1178Foy. I do
sir, and I am very glad of it.
1179Be, And I hope
Lemot, you are not angry with me
stil.
1180Le. No faith, I am not
so very a foole to be angry with
1181one that cares not for me.
1182Be. Do not I care for you? nay then.
1183Ca. What, do
st thou cry?
1184Be. Nay I do not cry, but my
stomacke waters to thinke
1185that you
should take it
so heauily, if I do not wi
sh that I
1186were cut into three peeces, and that the
se peeces were tur
- 1187ned into three blacke puddings, and that the
se three blacke
1188puddings were turned into three of the faire
st Ladies in the
1189land for your
sake, I would I were hanged, what a diuel can
1190you haue more then my poore heart?
1191Ca. Well harke you L
emot, in good faith you are too
1192blame to put him to this vnkindnes, I prethee be friends
1194Le. Well, I am content to put vp this vnkindne
sse for
1195this once, but while you liue take heede of: no matter for
1197Be. Why is it
such a hainous word?
1198Le. O the hainou
se
st word in the world.
1199Be. Wel, Ile neuer
speake it more, as I am a gentleman.
1200Le. No I pray do not.
1201Foy. My lord, will your lord
ship go to cards
? 1202Lor. Yea with you Mon
sieur
Foyes.
1203Ro. L
emot, will you play?
1204Le. Pardon good Mon
sieur
Rowle, if I had any di
spo
- 1205sition to gaming your company
should draw me before
Foy.
dayes mirth.
1207Foy. Labesha, what will you play?
1208Lab. Play, yea with all my heart,
I pray lend me three
1210Row. Ile play no more.
1211Cat. Why, haue you wonne or lo
st?
1212Row. Faith I haue lo
st two or three crownes.
1213Cat. Well to him againe, Ile be your halfe.
1214Lem. Sirrah,
Catalian, while they are playing at cardes,
1215thou and I will haue
some excellent
sport:
sirrah, do
st thou
1216know that
same Gentleman there?
1217Cat. No yfaith, what is he?
1218Lem. A very
fine gull, and a neat reueller, one thats heire
1219to a great liuing, yet his father keepes him
so
short, that his
1220shirts will
scant couer the bottom of his belly, for all his gay
1221out
side, but the linings be very foule and
sweatie, yea and
1222perhappes low
sie, with di
spi
sing the vaine
shiftes of the
1224Cat. But he hath gotten good
store of money now me
1226Lem. Yea, and I wonder of it,
some ancient
seruing man
1227of his fathers, that hath gotten fortie
shillings in
fiftie years
1228vpon his great good husbandrie, he
swearing mon
strous
1229othes to pay him againe, and be
sides to doe him a good
1230turne (when God
shall heare his prayer for his father) hath
1231lent it him I warrant you, but how
soeuer, we mu
st speake
1234Lem. God
saue
sweete Mon
sieur
Rowle, what loo
se or
1236Row. Faith
sir
saue my
selfe, and loo
se my money.
1237Lem. Theres a prouerbe hit dead in the necke like a
1238Cony, why hearke thee
Catalian,
I could haue told thee be
- 1239fore what he would haue
said.
1240Cat. I do not thinke
so.
1241Lem. No, thou
see
st heers a
fine plumpe of gallants,
such
1242as thinke their wits
singular, and their
selues rarely accom
- An humorous
1244pli
shed, yet to
shew thee how brittle their wittes be, I will
1245speake to them
seuerally, and I will tell thee before what
1246they
shall an
swer me.
1247Cat. Thats excellent, lets
see that yfaith.
1248Lem. What
soeuer I
say to Mon
sieur
Rowlee, he
shall
1249say, O
sir, you may
see an ill weed growes apace.
1251Lem. Now Mon
sieur
Rowlee, me thinks you are excee
- 1252dingly growne
since your comming to Paris.
1253Row. O
sir, you may
see an ill weed growes a pace.
1254Cat. This is excellent, forward
sir I pray.
1255Lem. What
soere I
say to L
abesha, he
shall an
swer me,
1256blacke will beare no other hue, and that
same olde Iu
stice,
1257as greedie of a
stale prouerbe, he
shall come in the necke
1258of that and
say, Blacke is a pearle in a womans eye.
1259Cat. Yea, much yfayth.
1260Lem. Looke thee, here comes hither L
abesha,
Catalian,
1261and I haue beene talking of thy complexion, and
I say, that
1262all the faire ladies in France would haue beene in loue with
1263thee, but that thou art
so blacke.
1264Labe. O
sir blacke will beare no other hue.
1265Foy. O
sir blacke is a pearle in a womans eye.
1266Lem. You
say true
sir, you
say true
sir,
sirrah
Catalian,
1267what
soere
I say to B
erger that is
so bu
sie at Cardes, he
shall
1268an
swer me, sblood, I do not meane to die as long as I can
1270Cat. Come let vs
see you.
1271Lem. Why B
erger, I thought thou had
st beene dead,
I 1272haue not heard thee chide all this while.
1273Ber. Sblood, I do not meane to die, as long as I can
see
1275Cat. Why but hearke you L
emot, I hope you cannot
1276make this lord an
swer
so roundly.
1277Lem. O, as right as any of them all, and he
shall aun
- 1278swere mee with an olde Latine Prouerbe, that is,
Cat.
dayes mirth.
1280Cat. Once more lets
see.
1281Lem. My lord, your lord
ship could not play at this game
1282verie latelie, and nowe me thinkes you are growne excee
- 1284Mor. O
sir, you may
see,
vsus promptus facit.
1286Iaq. Mon
sieur L
emot, here is a Gentleman and two
1287Gentlewomen do de
sire to
speake with you.
1288Lem. What are they come?
Iaques, conuey them into
1289the inwarde Parlour by the inwarde roome, and there is a
1290brace of Crownes for thy labour, but let no bodie know of
1292Iaq. I warrant you
sir.
1293Lem. See where they come: welcome my good lord and
1294ladies, Ile come to you pre
sently:
so, now the
sport begins,
1295I
shall
starte the disgui
sed King plaguilie, nay I
shall put
1296the ladie that loues me in a mon
strous fright, when her hu
s- 1297band comes and
finds her here.
1298Boy. The Gentleman, and the two Gentlewomen de
- 1300Lem. Ile come to them pre
sently.
1301Foy. Gentlemen, Ile go
speake with one, and come to
The boy
speakes in
Foies his ear
1303Lem. My lord, I would
speake a worde with your lord
- 1304ship, if it were not for interrupting your game.
1305Lord. No, I haue done
Lemot.
1306Lem. My lord there mu
st a couple of ladies dine with
1308Lord. Ladies? Gods my life I mu
st be gone.
1309Lem. Why, hearke you my Lorde, I knewe not of
1310their comming I prote
st to your Lord
ship, and woulde
1311you haue mee turne
such faire Ladies as the
se are a
- 1313Lord. Yea but hearke you
Lemot, did not you heare
1314mee
sweare to my Wife, that I woulde not tarie, if there
were
An humorous
1315were any women, I wonder you would
su
ffer any to come
1317Lem. Why you
swore but by a ki
sse, and ki
sses are no
1318holie things, you know that.
1319Lord. Why but hearke you L
emot, indeed I would be
1320very loath to do any thing, that if my wife
should know it,
1321should di
splea
se her.
1322Le. Nay then you are to ob
sequious, hearke you, let me
1323intreate you, and
Ile tell you in
secrete, you
shall haue no
1324wor
se company then the Kings.
1325Lord. Why will the King be there?
1326Lem. Yea, though disgui
sed.
1327Lord. Who are the ladies?
1328Lem. The
flowers of Paris, I can tell you, faire counte
sse
1329Florila, and the ladie
Martia.
1331Iaq. Mon
sieur L
emot, the gentleman and the two Gen
- 1332tlewomen de
sire your companie.
1333Lem. Ile come to them
straight: but
Iaques come hither
1334I prethee, go to L
abesha, and tell him that the Counte
sse
1335Florila, and the ladie
Martia be here at thy mai
sters hou
se:
1336and if it come in que
stion hereafter, denie that thou tolde
1338Iaq. What, is this all? Sblood Ile denie it, and for
sweare
1340Lem. My Lorde, Ile goe and
see the roome be neate
1341and
fine, and come to you pre
sently.
1342Lord. Yea but hearke you L
emot, I prethee take
such
1343order that they be not knowne of any women in the hou
se.
1344Lem. O how
shuld they now to his wife go yfaith!
Exit. 1345Iaq. Hearke you, Mon
sieur L
abesha, I pray let me
speak
1347Labe. With all my heart, I pray looke to my
stake, theres
1348three pence vnder the Candle
sticke.
1349Iaq. I pray
see, do you know the Counte
sse
Florila, and
Lab.
dayes mirth.
1351Lab. Do I know the ladie
Martia? I knew her before
1352she was borne, why do you aske me?
1353Ia. Why, they are both here at my ma
sters hou
se.
1354Lab. What, is Mi
stris
Martia at an ordinarie?
1356La. By skies and
stones Ile go and tel her father.
Exit. 1357Enter Lemot and the Countesse. 1358Cou. What you are out of breath me thinks Mon
sieur
1360Le It is no matter Madam, it is
spent in your
seruice, that
1361beare your age with your hone
sty, better then an hundred
1362of the
se ni
se gallants, and indeed it is a
shame for your hu
s- 1363band, that contrary to his oath made to you before dinner,
1364he
shoud be now at the ordinary with that light hu
swife
1365Martia, which I could not chu
se but come and tell you; for
1366indeede it is a
shame that your motherly care
should be
so
1368Co. Out on thee
strumpet and accur
st, and mi
serable
1370Le. Well, there they are: nothing els now, to her hu
s- 1372Co. Nothing els quoth you, can there be more? O wic
- 1373ked man, would he play fal
se, that would
so
simply vow,
1374and
sweare his faith, and would not let me be di
splea
sed a
1375minute, but he would
sigh, and weepe til I were plea
sed, I
1376haue a knife within thats ra
sor
sharp, and I wil lay an yron
1377in the
fire, making it burning hot to mark the
strumpet, but
1378t'will bee colde too ere I can come thither, doe
something
1379wretched woman,
staies thou here?
Exit. 1381Le. My lorde, the roome is neate and
fine, wilt plea
se
1383Ue. Gentlemen, your dinner is ready.
1384All. And we are ready for it.
1385Le. Iaquis,
shut the doores let no body come in.
F Enter
An humorous
1387Enter Laberuele, Foyes, Labesha, and the 1389La. Where be the
se puritanes, the
se murderers, let me
1391Fo. Where is the
strumpet?
1392Co. where is this harlot, let vs come in here.
1393La. What
shall we do? the
streets do wonder at vs, and
1394we do make our
shame knowne to the world, let vs go, and
1395complaine vs to the King.
1396Fo. Come L
abesha, will you go?
1397La. No no I
scorne to go; no King
shal heare my plaint,
1398I will in
silent liue a man forlorne, mad, and melancholy, as
1399a cat, and neuer more weare hat band on my hat.
1400Enter Moren, and Martia. 1401Mo. What do
st thou meane? thou mu
st not hang on
1403Mar. O good lord
Moren, haue me home with you,
1404you may excu
se all to my father for me.
1406Lem. O my lord, be not
so rude to leaue her now.
1407Lor. Alas man, and if my wife
should
see it, I were vn
- 1409Enter the King and another. 1410Ki. Pur
sue them
sirs, and taking
Martia from him, con
- 1411uay her pre
sently to
Valeres hou
se.
1412 What vilain was it that hath vttered this.
1413Enter the Puritane to Lemot. 1414Le. Why twas euen I, I thanke you for your gentle
1415tearmes, you giue me vilain at the
fir
st, I wonder wheres
1416this old doter, what doth he thinke we feare him.
1417Flo. O mon
strous man, what, would
st thou haue him
Le. Would
dayes mirth.
1419Le. Would I quoth you, yea by my troth would I, I know
1420he is but gone to cal the con
stable, or to rai
se the
streets.
1421Flo. What meanes the man trow? is he mad?
1422Le. No, no, I know what I do, I doe it of purpo
se, I
1423long to
see him come and raile at you, to call you harlot,
1424and to
spurne you too, O you'l loue me a great deale the
1425better, and yet let him come, and if he touch but one thread
1426of you, Ile make that thread his poy
son.
1427Flo. I know not what to
say.
1428Le. Speake, do you loue me?
1429Flo. Yea
surely do I.
1430Le, Why then haue not I rea
son that loue you
so deare
- 1431ly as I do, to make you hatefull in his
sight, that I might
1432more freely enioy you.
1433Flo. Why let vs be gon my kind L
emot, and not be
1434wondered at in the open
streets.
1435Le. Ile go with you through
fire, through death, throgh
1436hell, come giue me your owne hand, my owne deare heart,
1437this hand that I adore and reuerence, and loath to haue it,
1438touch an olde mans bo
some, O let me
sweetely ki
sse it; he
1440Flo. Out on thee wretch, he hath bit me to the bone,
1441O barbarous Canibal, now I perceiue thou wilt make me a
1442mocking
stocke to all the world.
1443Le. Come, come, leaue your pa
ssions, they cannot
1444mooue mee, my father and my mother died both in a day,
1445and I rung mee a peale for them, and they were no
soo
- 1446ner brought to the church and laide in their graues, but I
1447fetcht me two or three
fine capers aloft, and took my leaue
1448of them, as men do of their mi
stre
sses at the ending of a ga
- 1449liard;
Besilos manus.
1450Flo. O bruti
sh nature, how accur
st was I euer to indure
1451the
sound of this damned voice?
1452Le. Well, and you do not like my humor, I can be but
1453sory for it, I bit you for good will, and if you accept it,
so, if
F 2 Flo.
An humorous
1455Flo. Vilain, thou did
st it in contempt of me.
1456Le. Well, and you take it
so,
so be it: harke you Madam,
1457your wi
se
st cour
se is, euen to become puritane againe, put
1458o
ff this vaine attire, and
say, I haue de
spi
sed all: thanks my
1459God, good hu
sband, I do loue thee in the Lord, and he
1460(good man) will thinke all this you haue done, was but to
1461shew thou coulde
st gouerne the world, and hide thee as a
1462rainebow doth a
storme: my dainty wench, go go, what
1463shall the
flattering words of a vaine man make you forget
1464your dutie to your hu
sband? away, repent, amend your life,
1465you haue di
scredited your religion for euer.
1466Flo. Well wench, for this foule
shame thou putte
st on
1467me, the cur
se of all a
ffe
ction light on thee.
Exit. 1468Le. Go
Abacuck, go, why this is excellent, I
shal
short
- 1469ly become a
schoolema
ster, to whom men will put their
1470wiues, to pra
cti
se; well now wil
I go
set the Queene vpō the
1471King, and tell her where he is clo
se with his wench: and he
1472that mends my humor, take the
spurres:
sit fa
st, for by hea
- 1473uen, ile iurke the hor
se you ride on.
1474Enter my host, Catalian, Blanuel, Berger, Iaquis, Maide, 1476Host. Well Gentlemen,
I am vtterly vndone without
1477your good helpes, it is reported that
I receiued certaine la
- 1478dies or gentlewomen into my hou
se: no heres my man, my
1479maid, and my boy, now if you
saw any,
speak boldly before
1482Ma. Nor I, by my maidenhead.
1483Boy. Nor I, as I am a man.
1484Ca. Wel my ho
st, weele go an
swere for your hou
se at
1485this time, but if at other times you haue had wenches, and
1486would not let vs know it, we are the le
sse beholding to you.
1487Exeunt al, but my host and the Gentleman. 1488Ber. Peraduenture the more beholding to him, but
1489I laye my life
Lemot hath deui
sed
some iea
st, he gaue
vs
dayes mirth.
1490vs the
slip before dinner.
1491Cat. Well Gentlemen,
since we are
so
fitly mette, Ile tell
1492you an excellent
subie
ct for a
fit of myrth, and if it bee well
1494Ber. Why, what is it?
1495Cat. Why man,
Labesha is grown maruelous malecon
- 1496tent, vpon
some amorous di
spo
sition of his mi
stres, and
1497you know he loues a mea
se of cream, and a
spice-cake with
1498his heart, and
I am
sure he hath not dined to day, and he hath
1499taken on him the humour of the yong lord
Dowsecer, and
1500we will
set a mea
se of creame, a
spice-cake, and a
spoone,
1501as the armour, pi
cture, and apparell was
set in the way of
1502Dowsecer, which I doubt not but will woorke a rare cure
1503vpon his melancholie.
1504Host. Why, this is excellent, Ile go fetch the creame.
1506Ber. And
I the
spoone.
1507Exeunt, and come in againe. 1508Cat. See where hee comes as like the lord
Dowsecer as
1509may be, nowe you
shall heare him begin with
some Latin
1510sentence that hee hath remembred euer
since hee read his
1513La. Faelix quē faciunt aliena pericula cautum. O
sillie
state
1514of things, for things they be that cau
se this
sillie
state: and
1515what is a thing, a bable, a toy, that
stands men in
small
stead:
He spies the
creame.
1516but what haue we here? what vanities haue we here?
1517Host. He is
strongly tempted, the lord
strengthen him,
1518see what a vaine he hath.
1519Lab. O cruell fortune, and do
st thou
spit thy
spite at my
1520poore life: but O
sowre creame what thinke
st thou that I
1521loue thee
still? no, no, faire and
sweete is my mi
stries, if thou
1522hadde
st strawberries and
sugar in thee: but it may bee thou
1523art
set with
stale cake to choke me: well ta
ste it, and trie it,
1524spoonefull by
spoonefull: bitterer and bitterer
still, but O
1525sowre creame, wert thou an Onion,
since Fortune
set thee
An humorous
1527for mee, I will eate thee, and I will deuour thee in
spite of
1528Fortunes
spite, choake I, or bur
st I, mi
stres for thy
sake, to
1529end my life eate I this creame and cake.
1530Cat. So he hath done, his Melancholy is well ea
sed I
1532Host. Gods my life Gentlemen, who hath beene at this
1534Lab. Creame, had you creame
? where is your creame?
1535Ile
spend my penny at your creame.
1536Cat. Why, did not you eate this creame?
1537Lab. Talke not to me of creame, for
such vaine meate I
1538do de
spi
se as food, my
stomack dies drowned in the cream
1539boules of my mi
stres eyes.
1540Cat. Nay
stay L
abesha.
1541Lab. No not I, not I.
1542Host. O he is a
shamed yfayth: but I will tell thee howe
1543thou
shalt make him mad indeed,
say his mi
stres for loue
1544of him hath drowned her
selfe.
1545Cat. Sblood, that will make him hang him
selfe.
1547Enter the Queene, Lemot, and all the rest of the 1548lordes, and the Countesse: Lemots 1550Lemot. haue at them yfayth with a lame counterfeite
1551humor: ake on rude arme, I care not for thy paine, I got it
1552nobly in the kings defence, and in the gardiance of my faire
1554Qu. O tell me
sweet L
emot, how fares the king? or what
1555his right was that thou did
st defend?
1556Lem. That you
shall know when other things are told.
1557Lab. Keepe not the Queene too long without her
1559Foyes. No, for I tell you it is a daungerous thing.
1560Coun. Little care cruell men how women long.
1561Le. What would you haue me then put poy
son in my
1562breath, and burne the eares of my attentiue Queene.
Quee.
dayes mirth.
1563Quee. Tell me what ere it be, Ile beare it all.
1564Lem. beare with my rudene
sse then in telling it, for alas
1565you
see
I can but a
ct it with the left hande, this is my ge
- 1567Quee. Tis well enough.
1568Lem. Yea well enough you
say, this recompence
1569haue I for all my woundes: then thus the King inamou
- 1570red of an other ladie compares your face to hers, and
saies
1571that yours is fat and
flat, and that your neather lip was pa
s- 1573Quee. O wicked man, doth he
so
sodainlie condemne
1574my beautie, that when he married me he thought diuine:
1575for euer bla
sted be that
strumpets face, as all my hopes are
1576bla
sted, that did change them.
1577Lem. Nay Madam, though he
saide your face was fat,
1578and
flat, and
so forth, yet he liked it be
st, and
said, a perfe
ct 1579beautie
should be
so.
1580La. O did he
so! why that was right euen as it
should be.
1581Foy. You
see now Madam, howe much too ha
stie you
1582were in your griefes.
1583Que. If he did
so e
steeme of me indeed, happie am I.
1584Coun. So may your highne
sse be that hath
so good a hu
s- 1585band, but hell hath no plague to
such an one as I.
1586Lem. Indeed Madam, you haue a bad hu
sband: truly
1587then did the king growe mightily in loue with the other la
- 1588die, and
swore, no king could more inriched be, then to in
- 1589ioy
so faire a dame as
shee.
1590Cat. O mon
strous man, and acur
st mo
st mi
serable dame!
1591Le. But
saies the king I do inioy as faire, & though I loue
1592in al honored
sort, yet
Ile not wrōg my wife for al the world
1593Foy. This proues his con
stancie as
firme as bra
sse.
1594Que. It doth, it doth: O pardon me my lord, that I mi
- 1595stake thy royall meaning
so.
1596Coun. In heauen your highne
sse liues, but I in hell.
1597Lem. But when he vewd her radient eyes againe, blinde
1598was hee
strooken with her feruent beames: and now good
King
An humorous
1599King he gropes about in corners voide of the chearefull
1600light
should guide vs all.
1601Que. O di
small newes, what is my
soueraigne blind?
1602Le. Blind as a Beetle madam, that a while houering a
- 1603loft, at la
st in cow
sheds fall.
1604Lab. Could her eyes blind him?
1605Lem. Eyes or what it was I know not, but blind I am
1606sure he is as any
stone.
1607Q. Come bring me to my Prince my lord that I may
1608leade him, none aliue but I may haue the honour to dire
ct 1610Lem. How lead him madam? why hee can go as right
1611as you, or any here, and is not blind of eye
sight.
1614Quee. Why thou
saide
st he wanted his cheerfull light.
1615Lem. Of rea
son
still
I meant, who
se light you knowe
1616should cheerefully guide a worthie King, for he doth loue
1617her, and hath forced her into a priuate roome where now
1619Quee. What mocking chaunges is there in thy wordes
1620fond man, thou murthere
st me with the
se exclaimes.
1621Lem. Why madam tis your fault, you cut mee o
ff be
- 1622fore my words be halfe done.
1623Quee. Forth and vnlade the poy
son of thy tongue.
1624Lem. Another lord did loue this curious ladie, who hea
- 1625ring that the King had forced her, as
she was walking with
1626another Earle, ran
straightwaies mad for her, and with a
1627friend of his, and two or three blacke ru
ffians more, brake
1628de
sperately vpon the per
son of the King,
swearing to take
1629from him, in traiterous fa
shion, the in
strument of procrea
- 1630tion: with them I fought a while,, and got this wound, but
1631being vnable to re
sist so many, came
straight to you to fetch
1633Lab. Why rai
sed you not the
streetes?
1634Lem. That I forbore, becau
se I would not haue the
world
dayes mirth.
1635world, to
see what a di
sgrace my liege was
subie
ct to, being
1636with a woman in
so meane a hou
se.
1637Foy. Who
se daughter was it that he for
st I pray?
1638Lem. Your daughter
sir.
1639La. Who
se
sonne was that ranne
so mad for her?
1640Lem. Your
sonne my Lord.
1641La. O Gods, and
fiends forbid.
1642Co. I pray
sir, from whom did he take the Ladie?
1643Le. From your good Lord.
1644Co. O Lord I be
seech thee no.
1645Le. Tis all too true, come follow the Queen and I, where
1647Qu. O wretched Queene, what would they take from
1649Le. The in
strument of procreation.
1651Mo. Now was there euer man
so much accur
st, that
1652when his minde misgaue him,
such a man was haple
sse, to
1653keep him company
? yet who would keep him company
1654but I, O vilde L
emot, my wife and I are bound to cur
se thee
1655while we liue, but chiefely I, well:
seeke her, or
seek her not;
1656find her, or
find her not, I were as good
see how hell opens,
1658Enter Catalian, and Berger behind him. 1659Ca. We haue yfaith,
stop thou him there, and I wil meet
1661Mo. Well, I will venture once to
seek her.
1662Ber. Gods Lord, my Lord, come you this way, why
1663your wife runnes ranging like as if
she were mad,
swearing
1664to
slit your no
se if
she can catch you.
Exit. 1665Mo. What
shal I do at the
sight of her and hern.
1666Ca. Gods precious my Lord; come you this way, your
1667wife comes ranging with a troope of dames, like
Bacchus 1668drunken foes, iu
st as you go,
shift for your
selfe my Lord.
1669Mo. Stay good
Catalian.
1670Ca. No not I my Lord.
Exit. G Mo. How
An humorous
1671Mo. How now Iaques, whats the newes?
1673Iaq. None but good my Lord.
1674Mo. Why ha
st not
seene my wife run round about the
1676Ia. Not I my Lorde, I come to you from my mai
ster,
1677who would pray you to
speake to
Lemot, that
Lemot might
1678speake to the King, that my ma
sters lottery for his iewells
1679may go forward, he hath made the rare
st deuice that euer
1680you heard, we haue fortune in it, and
she our maide plaies,
1681and I, and my fellow carrie two torches, and our boy goes
1682before and
speakes a
speech, tis very
fine yfaith
sir.
1683Mo. Sirra in this thou maie
st highly plea
sure me, let me
1684haue thy place to beare a torch, that I may look on my wife,
1685and
she not
see me, for if I come into her
sight abruptly, I
1686were better be hanged.
1687Ia. O
sir you
shall, or any thing that I can do, Ile
send
1689Mor. I prethee do.
Exeunt both. 1690Enter the Queene, and all that were in before. 1691Le. This is the hou
se where the mad Lord did vow to do
1692the deed, draw all your
swoords couragious gentlemen, Ile
1693bring you there where you
shall honor win, but I can tell
1694you, you mu
st breake your
shinne.
1695Ca. Who will not breake his necke to
saue his King:
set
1697Le. Yea, much good can I do with a wounded arme,
1698Ile go and call more helpe.
1699Qu. Others
shall go, nay we will rai
se the
streets, better
1700di
shonor, then de
stroy the King.
1701Le. Sbloud I know not how to excu
se my villany, I
1703Enter Dowsecer, and his friend. 1704Dow. Ile geld the adulterous goate, and take from him
1705the in
strument, that plaies him
such
sweete mu
sicke.
La. O
dayes mirth.
1706La. O rare, this makes my
fiction true: now ile
stay.
1707Quee. Arre
st the
se faithle
sse traitrous gentlemen.
1708Dow. What is the rea
son that you call vs traitours?
1709La. Nay, why do you attempt
such violence again
st 1710the per
son of the King?
1711Dow. Again
st the King, why this is
strange to me.
1712Enter the King, and Martia. 1713Ki. How now my ma
sters, what? weapons drawne, come
1715Qu. How fares my Lord?
1716Ki. How fare I? well, but you yfaith
shall get me
speak
1717for you another time; he got me here to wooe a curious
1718Lady, and
she temptes him,
say what I can, ouer what
1719state I will in your behalfe L
emot,
she will not yeeld.
1720Le, Yfaith my liege, what a hard heart hath
she, well
1721hearke you, I am content your wit
shall
saue your hone
sty
1723Ki. Peace, a plague on you, peace; but wherefore asked
1725Queene. Becau
se I feared that you were hurte my
1727Ki. Hurt, how I pray?
1728Lem. Why, hurt Madam, I am well againe.
1729Quee. Do you aske? why he told me
Dowsecer and this
1730his friend, threatned to take away.
1731Ki. To take away, what
should they take away.
1733Qu. Nay, I pray name it you.
1734Le. Why then, thus it was my liege, I told her
Dow- 1735secer, and this his friende threatned to take away, and
1736if they could the in
strument of procreation, and what
1737was that now, but
Martia beeing a fayre woman, is
1738not
shee the in
strument of procreation, as all women
G 2 Lem.
An humorous
1741Le. Go to, go to, you are one of tho
se
fiddles too yfaith.
1742Ki. Well pardon my minion, that hath frayd you thus,
1743twas but to make you mery in the end.
1744Qu. I ioy it endes
so well, my gracious Lord.
1745Fo. But
say my gracious Lord, is no harme done, be
- 1746tweene my louing daughter, and your grace?
1747Ki. No, of my honor and my
soule
Foyes.
1748Dow. The
fire of loue which
she hath kindled in me be
- 1749ing greater then my heate of vanity, hath quite expelled.
1750Ki. Come
Dowsecer, receiue with your lo
st wittes your
1751loue, though lo
st; I know youle yeeld, my lord and you her
1753Both Mo
st ioyfully my Lord.
1754Ki. And for her part I know her di
spo
sitiō well enough.
1755Lem.What, will you haue her?
1757Le. Ile go and tell L
abesha pre
sently.
1758Enter Iaquis, and my Host. 1759Ia. Mon
sieur L
emot, I pray let me
speake with you, I
1760come to you from the Lord
Moren, who would de
sire you
1761to
speake to the King for my ma
sters lottery, and he hath
1762my place to beare a torch, for bare faced hee dares not look
1763vpon his wife, for his life.
1764Le. O excellent, Ile further thy ma
sters lottery and it be
1765but for this ie
st only, harke you my liege, heres the poore
1766man hath bin at great charges for the preparation of a lotte
- 1767ry, and he hath made the rare
st deuice, that I know you wil
1768take great plea
sure in it, I pray let him pre
sent it before you
1770Ki. Whith all my heart, can you be ready
so
soone?
1771Host. Pre
sently and if it like your grace.
1772Ki. But hearke you L
emot, how
shall we do for euery
1774Le. Will you all tru
st me with the making of them?
1775All. With all our hearts.
1776Le. Why then Ile go to make the po
ses and bring L
abe- 1777sha to the lottery pre
sently.
Enter
dayes mirth.
1778Enter Florila like a Puritan. 1779Flo. Surely the world is full of vanitie, a woman mu
st take
1780heed
she do not heare a lewd man
speake, for euery woman
1781cannot when
shee is tempted, when the wicked
fiend gets
1782her into his
snares e
scape like me, for graces mea
sure is not
1783so
filled vp, nor
so pre
st downe in euery one as me, but yet
I 1784promi
se you a little more: well, Ile go
seeke my head, who
1785shal take me in the gates of his kind armes vntoucht of any.
1786King. What Madam are you
so pure now?
1787Flo. Yea, would not you be pure?
1789Flo. You mu
st be then a diuell, I can tell you.
1790Lab. O wife where ha
st thou beene?
1791Flo. where did I tell you I would be
I pray.
1792Lab. In thy clo
se walke thou
said
st.
1794Lab. Truly
I know not, I neither looked nor knocked,
1795for L
abesha told me that you, and faire
Martia were at Ve
- 1797Ki. L
abesha? my lord you are a wi
se man to beleeue a fool.
1798Flo. Well my good head, for my part I forgiue you: but
1799surely you do much o
ffend to be
su
spicious: where there is
1800no tru
st, there is no loue, and where there is no loue twixt
1801man and wife, theres no good dealing
surely: for as men
1802should euer loue their wiues,
so
should they euer tru
st thē,
1803for what loue is there where there is no tru
st?
1804King. She tels you true, my lord.
1805Lab. Shee doth my liege; and deare wife pardon this
1806and
I will neuer be
su
spicious more.
1807Flo. Why
I say,
I do.
1808Enter Lemot, leading Labesha in a halter. 1809Lem. Looke you my liege,
I haue done
simple
seruice
1810amonge
st you, here is one had hanged him
selfe for loue,
1811thinking his Mi
stre
sse had done
so for him: well,
see your
1813Labesh. And doth my Mi
stre
sse liue?
G 3 King.
An humorous
1814King. Shee doth, O noble knight, but not your Mi
- 1816Lab. Sblood, but
she
shall for me, or for no body el
se.
1817Lem. How now, what a traitor, draw vpon the King.
1818Lab. Yea, or vpon any woman here in a good cau
se.
1819King. Well
sweete
Besha let her marry
Dowsecer,
Ile get
1820thee a wife worth
fifteene of her, wilt thou haue one that
1822Lab. Not I by the Lord, I
scorne her, Ile haue her better
1824King. Why thats well
said.
1825Lem. What Madam, are you turned puritan againe?
1826Elo. When was I other, pray?
1827Lem. Marie Ile tell you when, when you went to the
1828Ordinarie, and when you made fal
se
signes to your hu
s- 1829band, which I could tell him all.
1830Flo. Cur
sed be he that maketh debate twixt man & wife.
1831Lem. O rare
scripturian! you haue
sealed vp my lips, a
1832hall, a hall, the pageant of the Butterie.
1833Enter two with torches, the one of them Moren, then my host 1834and his son, then his maid drest like Queene For- 1835tune, with two pots in her hands. 1837Lem. This is Verones
sonne, my liege.
1838King. What
shall he do?
1839Cat. Speak
some
speach that his father hath made for him
1840Qu. Why is he good at
speeches?
1841Cat. O he is rare at
speaches.
1842Boy. Faire ladies mo
st tender, and nobles mo
st slender,
1843and gentles who
se wits be
scarce.
1844Ki. My ho
st, why do you call vs nobles mo
st slender?
1845Host. And it
shall plea
se your Grace, to be
slender is to be
1846proper, and therfore where my boy
saies nobles mo
st slen
- 1847der, it is as much to
say,
fine and proper nobles.
1848Le. Yea, but why do you call vs gentles who
se wits are
Host
dayes mirth.
1850Host. To be
scarce, is to be rare: and therefore where as
1851he
sayes Gentles who
se wits be
scarce, is as much as to
say,
1852Gentles who
se wits be rare.
1853Lem. Well, forwards trunchman.
1854Boy. Faire ladies mo
st tender, and nobles mo
st slender,
1855and gentles who
se wittes bee
scarce, Queene Fortune
1856doth come with her trumpe, and her drumme, as it may ap
- 1858Lab. Come hither, are you a
schoolemai
ster, where was
1859Fortune Queene, of what countrey or kingdome?
1860Host. Wy
sir, Fortune was Queene ouer all the world.
1861Lab. Thats a lie, theres none that euer conquered all the
1862world, but mai
ster
Alisander, I am
sure of that.
1863Lem. O rare Mon
sieur
Labesha, who would haue thought
1864hee could haue found
so rare a fault in the
speach.
1865Host. Ile alter it if it plea
se your grace.
1866King. No, tis very well.
1867Boy. Father I mu
st begin againe they interrupt me
so.
1868Ho. I be
seech your grace giue the boy leaue to begin again.
1869King. With all my heart, tis
so good we cannot heare
1871Boy. Faire ladies mo
st tender, and nobles mo
st slender,
1872and gentles who
se wittes are
scarce, Queene Fortune doth
1873come with her Fife, and her Drum, as it doth appeare by
1874my voice, here is Fortune good, but il by the rood, and this
1875naught but good
shall do you, dealing the lots out of our
1876pots, and
so good Fortune to you
sir.
1877Lem. Looke you my liege, how hee that caries the torch
1879Kin. I warrant tis with care to carie his torch well.
1880Lem. Nay there is
something el
se in the wind: why my
1881ho
st, what meanes thy man
Iaques to tremble
so?
1882Host. Hold
still thou knaue, what art thou afraid to looke
1883vpon the goodly pre
sence of a king: hold vp for
shame.
1884Lem. Alas poore man, he thinks tis
Iaques his man: poore
1885lord, how much is he bound to
su
ffer for his wife?
King.
An humorous
1886King Hearke you mine ho
st, what goodly per
son is that?
1887is it Fortune her
selfe?
1888Host. Ile tell your Maie
stie in
secrete who it is, it is my
1890King. I promi
se you
she becomes her
state rarely.
1891Lem. Well my liege, you were all content that I
should
1892make your po
ses: well here they be euery one: giue Ma
- 1893ster Verone his
fiue crownes.
1894King. Theres mine and the Queenes.
1896Dow. And there is mine and
Martias.
1897Lem. Come L
abesha thy money.
1898Lab You mu
st lend me
some, for my boy is runne away
1900Le. Thy boy?
I neuer knew any that thou had
st.
1901Lab. Had not I a boy three or foure yeares ago, and he
1903Lem. And neuer
since he went thou had
st not a peny,
1904but
stand by,
Ile excu
se you. But
sirrah
Catalian, thou
shalt
1905stand on one
side and reade the pri
ses, and I will
stand on
1906the other and read the Po
ses.
1908Lem. Come on Queene Fortune, tell euery man his
1909po
sie, this is orderly, the King and Queene are
fir
st.
1910King. Come let vs
see what goodly po
ses you haue gi
- 1912Lem. This is your Maie
sties, At the faire
st,
so it bee not
1914King. A plague vpon you, you are
still playing the vil
- 1916Le. This is the Queenes, Obey the Queene: and
she
1917speakes it to her hu
sband, or to Fortune, which
she will.
1918Cat. A pri
se: your Maie
sties is the
summe of foure
shil
- 1920King. Why how can that be, there is no
such coyne.
1921Host. Here is the worth of it, if it plea
se your grace.
Quee.
dayes mirth.
1922Quee. Well, whats for me?
1924Quee. A goodly iewell.
1925Le. Count L
aberuele and
Florila.
1926La. Whats my po
sie
sir I pray?
1927Le. Mary this my Lord,
1928Of all fortunes friends, that hath ioy in this life,
1929He is mo
st happy that puts a
sure tru
st in his wife.
1930La. A very good one
sir, I thanke you for it.
1931Flo. Whats mine I pray?
1933Good fortune be thou my good fortune bringer,
1934And make me amends for my poore bitten
finger.
1935La. Who bit your
finger wife?
1936Flo. No body; tis vaine po
sie.
1937Ca. Blanke for my lord L
aberuele, for his wife a po
sie,
1938a paire of holy beades with a cruci
fix.
1939Flo. O bommination Idole, Ile none of them.
1940Ki. Keepe them thy
self Veron,
she will not haue them.
1941Le. Dowsecer and
Martia I haue
fitted your lord
ship
1945Ma. And what is mine
sir?
1946Le. A
serious one I warrant you change: for the better.
1947Ma. Thats not ami
sse.
1948Ca. A price:
Dowsecer hath a cats eyes or M
ercuries rod
1949of gold,
set with Iacinths and Emeralds.
1950Dow. What is for
Martia? 1951Ca. Martia hath the two
serpents heades
set with Dia
- 1953Le. What my ho
st Uerone?
1954Ki. What? is he in for his owne iewells.
1955Le. O what els my liege, tis our bountie, and his po
sie is
1956To tel you the truth in words plaine and mild,
1957Verone loues his maide, and
she is great with child.
H Ki. What
An humorous
1958Ki. What Queene fortune with child,
shall we haue
1959yong fortunes my ho
st?
1960Host. I am abu
sed, and if it plea
se your Maie
stie.
1961Maid. Ile play no more.
1962Lem. No faith you need not now, you haue plaid your
1963bellie full alreadie.
1964Host. Stand
still good
Iaquena, they do but iea
st.
1965Maid. Yea, but I like no
such iea
sting.
1966Lem. Come great Queene Fortune, let
see your po
sies,
1967what madam, alas, your ladi
ship is one of the la
st.
1968Coun. What is my po
sie
sir I pray?
1969Lem. Marie Madam your po
sie is made in maner and
1970forme of an Eccho, as if you were
seeking your hu
sbande,
1971and fortune
should be the Eccho, and this you
say: where is
1972my hu
sband hid
so long vnmaskt, maskt?
sayes the Eccho,
1973but in what place
sweete Fortune? let me heare: heare
sayes
1975King. There you lie Eccho, for if he were here we mu
st 1977Lem. Indeed
sweete King, there me thinkes the Eccho
1978mu
st needes lie, if hee were here wee mu
st needes
see him,
1979tis one of thē that caries the torches: no that cannot be nei
- 1980ther, and yet by the Ma
sse heres
Iaques, why my ho
st, did
1981not you tell me that
Iaques should be a torchbearer: who
1982is this? Gods my life, my lord.
1983Mor. And you be Gentlemen let me go.
1984Coun. Nay come your way, you may be well enough a
- 1985shamed to
shew your face that is a periured wretch, did
1986not you
sweare, if there were any wenches at the ordinarie,
1987you yould
straight come home.
1988King. Why, who tolde you Madam, there were any
1990Coun. He that will
stand to it, L
emot my liege.
1991Lem. who I
stand to it, alas, I tolde you in kindne
sse,
1992and good will, becau
se I would not haue you companie
1993long from your hu
sband.
Mor.
dayes mirth.
1994Mor. Why loe you bird, how much you are deceiued.
1995Co. Why wherefore were you afraid to be
seene?
1996Mor. Who I afraid? alas I bore a torch to grace this
1997honorable pre
sence, for nothing els
sweete bird.
1998King. Thanks good M
oren,
see lady with what wrong
1999you haue pur
sued your mo
st inamored lord: but come now
2000al are friends, now is this day
spent with an hurtfull motiues
2001of delight, and ouer ioyes more my
sen
ses at the night: and
2002now for
Dowsecer, if all will follow my deui
se, his beauteous
2003loue and he
shal married be, and here I
solemnly inuite you
2004all home to my court, where with fea
stes wee will crowne
2005this myrthfull day, and vow it to renowne.
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