Englishmen For My Money (Quarto 1, 1616)

            A Woman will haue her will.
        
            349to the Ve
                strie. Gentlemen, as to my selfe, and so foorth.
    
 350
         
            Exit Frisco, 
 351
        
                Haru. Fooles tell the truth men say, and so may he:
    
            352Wenches we come now, Loue our conduct be.
    
            353
            Ned, knocke at the doore: but soft forbeare;
    
            354
        
            Enter Laurentia, Marina, and Mathea.
    
            355The Cloude breakes vp, and our three Sunnes appeare.
    
            356To this I fly, 
                shine bright my liues sole 
                stay,
    
            357And make griefes night a gloryous summers day.
    
 358
        
                Mari. Gentlemen, how welcome you are here,
    
            359Gue
                s
                s
            e by our lookes, for other meanes by feare
    
            360Preuented is: our fathers quicke returne
    
            361Forbidds the welcome, else we would haue done.
    
 362
        
                Walg. Mathea, How these faythfull thoughts obey,
    
 363
        
                Mat. No more sweet loue, I know what thou would'
                st (say:
        
            364You say you loue me, so I wi
                sh you 
                still,
    
            365Loue hath loues hier, being ballanc
                st with good will:
    
            366But say; come you to vs, or come you rather
    
            367To pawne more Lands for money to our father?
    
            368I know tis so, a Gods name spend at large:
    
            369What man? our mariage day will all discharge;
    
            370Our father (by his leaue) mu
                st pardon vs,
    
            371Age saue of age, of nothing can discu
                s
                s
            e:
    
            372But in our loues, the prouerbe weele fulfill:
    
            373Women and Maydes, mu
                st alwayes haue their will.
    
 374
        
                Heigh. Say thou as much, and adde life to this Coarse,
    
 375
        
                Law. Your selfe & your good news doth more enforce:
    
            376How these haue set forth loue by all their witte,
    
            377I sweare in heart, I more then double it.
    
            378Si
                sters be glad, for he hath made it playne,
    
            379The meanes to get our School-mai
                ster againe:
    
            380But Gentlemen, for this time cease our loues,
    
            381This open 
                streete perhaps suspition moues,
    
            382Fayne we would 
                stay, bid you walke in more rather,
    
            But
             
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