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.