878Enter the Miller, his man Trotter, & Manuile. 879Miller. I tell you
sir, it is no little greefe to mee,
880You
should
so hardly con
seit of my daughter,
881Who
se hone
st report, though I
saie it,
882Was neuer blotted with any title of defamation.
883Manuile. Father M
iller, the repaire of tho
se gentlemen to your (hou
se,
884Hath giuen me great occa
sion to mi
slike.
885Miller. As for tho
se gentlemen, I neuer
saw in them
886Any euill intreatie. But
should they haue profered it?
887Her cha
ste minde hath proofe enough to preuent it.
888Trotter. Tho
se gentlemen are as hone
st as euer I
sawe:
889For yfaith one of them gaue me
sixe pence
890To fetch a quart of
Seck. See mai
ster here they come.
891Enter Mountney and Ualingford. 892Miller. Trotter, call
Em, now they are here together,
893Ile haue this matter throughly debated.
Exit Trotter. 894Mountney. Father, well met. We are come to conferre with you.
895Manuile. Nay? with his daughter rather.
896Ualingford. Thus it is father, we are come to craue your frind
ship (in a matter.
897Miller. Gentlemen as you are
straungers to me,
898Yet by the waie of courte
sie you
shall demaund
899Any rea
sonable thing at my hands.
900Manuile. What is the matter
so forward
? 901They came to craue his good will.
902Ualinford. It is giuen vs to vnder
stand that your daughter
903Is
sodenly become both blind and deafe.
904Miller. Marie God forbid, I haue
sent for her, in deed
905She hath kept her chamber this three daies.
906It were no litle griefe to me if it
should be
so
? 907Manuile. This is Gods iudgement for her trecherie.
908Enter Trotter leading Em. 909Miller. Gentlemen I feare your wordes are two true:
910See where Trotter comes leading of her.
911What ayles my Em, not blind I hope
? 912Em. M
ountney and
Ualidgford both together?
913And M
anuile to whom I haue faithfullie vowed my loue?
914Now Em
suddenly helpe thy
selfe.
915Mountney. This is no de
sembling
Ualingford.
916Valingford. If ir be? it is cunningly contriued of all
sides.
917Em. Trotter lend me thy hand,
918And as thou loue
st me keepe my coun
sell
919And iu
sti
fie what
so euer I
saie, and Ile largely requite thee.
920Trotter. Ah, thats as much as to
saie you would tell a mon
strous,
921Terrible, horrible, outragious lie,
922And I
shall
sooth it, no berladie.
923Em. My pre
sent extremitie wills me, if thou loue me
Trotter? 924Trotter. That
same word loue makes me to doe any thing.
925Em. Trotter wheres my father?
926He thrusts Em vpon her father. 927Trotter. Why what a blynd dunce are you, can you not
see?
928He
standeth right before you.
929Em. Is this my father
? 930Good father giue me leaue to
sit
931Where I may not be di
sturbed
932Sith God hath vi
sited me both of my
sight and hearing.
933Miller. Tell me
sweete
Em how came this blindnes.
934Thy eyes are louely to looke on,
935And yet haue they lo
st the bene
fit of their
sight.
936What a griefe is this to thy poore father?
937Em. Good father let me not
stand as an open gazing
stock to (euerie one,
938But in a place alone as
fits a creature
so mi
serable.
939Miller. Trotter lead her in, the vtter ouerthrowe
940Of poore
Goddardes ioy and onely
solace.
941Exit the Miller, Trotter and Em. 942Manuile. Both blind and deafe, then is
she no wife for me?
943And glad am I
so good occa
sion is hapned:
944Now will I awaie to M
anchester 945And leaue the
se gentlemen to their blind fortune.
Exit Manuile 946Mountney. Since fortune hath thus
spitefully cro
st our hope,
947Let vs leaue this gue
st and harken after our King:
948Who is at this daie landed at
Lirpoole.
Exit Mountney. 949Valingford. Goe my Lord Ile follow you.
950Well, now M
ountney is gone
951Ile
staie behind to
solicit my loue,
952For I imagine that I
shall
find this but a fained inuention
953Thereby to haue vs leaue o
ff our
sutes.