Englishmen For My Money (Quarto 1, 1616)

            A Woman will haue her will.
        
 209
        
                Antho. Well crafty Fox, you that worke by wit,
    
            210It may be, I may liue to fit you yet.
         
            Exit Antho. 
 211
        
                Pisa. Ah 
                sirra, this tricke was spide in time,
    
            212For if but two such Lectures more they'd heard,
    
            213For euer had their hone
                st names been marde:
    
            214Ile in and rate them: yet that's not be
                st,
    
            215The Girles are wilfull, and seueritie
    
            216May make them carele
                s
                s
            e, mad, or desperate.
    
            217What 
                shall I doe? Oh! I haue found it now,
    
            218There are three wealthy Marchants in the Towne,
    
            219All Strangers, and my very speciall friendes,
    
            220The one of them is an Italian:
        
            221A French-man, and a Dutch-man, be the other:
    
            222These three intyrely doe affect my Daughters,
    
            223And therefore meane I, they shall haue the tongues,
    
            224That they may answere in their seuerall Language:
    
            225But what helps that? they mu
                st not 
                stay so long,
    
            226For whiles they are a learning Languages,
    
            227My Engli
                sh Youths, both wed, and bed them too:
    
            228Which to preuent, Ile seeke the Strangers out, 
    
            229Let's looke: tis pa
                st aleauen, Exchange time full,
    
            230There 
                shall I meete them, and conferre with them,
    
            231This worke craues ha
                st, my Daughters mu
                st be Wedde,
    
            232For one Months 
                stay, sayth farrewell Mayden head.
    
 233
         
            Exit. 
 
 234
        Enter Haruie, Heigham,
        
            235
            and Walgraue.
    
 236
        
                Heigh. Come Gentlemen, w'are almo
                st at the house,
    
            237I promise you this walke ore Tower-hill,
    
            238Of all the places London can afforde,
    
            239Hath sweete
                st Ayre, and fitting our de
                sires.
    
 240
        
                Haru. Good reason, so it leades to Croched-Fryers
    
            241Where old Pisaro, and his Daughters dwell,
    
            242Looke to your feete, the broad way leades to Hell:
    
            243They say Hell 
                standes below, downe in the deepe,
    
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