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  • Title: Englishmen For My Money (Quarto 1, 1616)
  • Editor: Natalie Aldred

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    Author: William Haughton
    Editor: Natalie Aldred
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    Englishmen For My Money (Quarto 1, 1616)

    Engli sh-men for my money: or,
    Heigh. You see mai ster Pisaro, we are bold gue stes,
    You could haue bid no surer men then wee.
    Pisa. Harke you Gentlemen; I did not expect you
    At after noone, not before two a clocke.
    805 Haru. Why sir, if you please, you shall haue vs heere at
    two a clocke, at three a clocke, at foure a clock; nay till to
    morrow this time: yet I a s s ure you sir, wee came not to
    your house without inuiting.
    Pisa>. Why Gentlemen, I pray who bade you now?
    810Who euer did it, sure hath done you wrong:
    For scarcely could you come to worser cheare.
    Heigh. It was your owne selfe bade vs to your cheare,
    When you were bu sie with Balsaro talking;
    You bade vs cease our suites till dinner time,
    815And then to vse it for our table talke:
    And wee I warrant you, are as sure as Steele.
    Pisa. A murren on your selues, and sureness too:
    How am I cro st: Gods mee, what shall I doe,
    This was that ill newes of the Spani sh Pirats,
    820That so di sturb'd mee: well, I mu st di s s emble,
    And bid them welcome; but for my Daughters
    Ile send them hence, they shall not stand and prate.
    Well my Mai sters, Gentlemen, and Friends,
    Though vnexpected, yet mo st heartily welcome;
    825(Welcome with a vengeance) but for your cheare,
    That will be small: yet too too much for you.
    Mall, in and get things readie.
    Laurentia, bid Maudlin lay the Cloth, take vp the Meate:
    Looke how she stirres; you sullen Elfe, you Callet,
    830Is this the ha ste you make? Exeunt Marina & Laurentia.
    Alua. Signor Pisaro, ne soiat so malcontento de Gentle-
    woman your filigola did parler but a littella to, de gentle
    homa your graunde amico .
    Pisa. But that graunde amico , is your graunde inimico:
    835One, if they be suffred to parlar,
    Will
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