6868William. Ah
Marques, thy words bring heauen vnto my
soule,
6969And had I heauen to giue for thy reward,
7070Thou
should
st be thronde in no vnworthy place.
7171But let my vttermo
st wealth
su
ffice thy worth,
7272Which here I vowe, and to a
spire the bli
sse
7373That hangs on quicke atchiuement of my loue,
7474Thy
selfe and I will trauell in di
sgui
se,
7575To bring this Ladie to our Brittaine Court
7676Marques. Let
William but bethinke what may auayle,
7777And let mee die if I denie my ayde.
7878William. Then thus: The
Duke Dirot and th'Earle
Dimach 7979Will I leaue
sub
stitutes to rule my Realme,
8080While mightie loue forbids my being here,
8181And in the name of Sir
Robert of
Windsor 8282Will goe with thee vnto the Dani
sh Court.
8383Keepe
Williams secrets
Marques if thou loue him.
8484Bright
Blaunch I come, sweet fortune fauour me,
8585And I will laud thy name eternally.
8787Enter the Miller and Em his daughter. 8888Miller. Come daughter we mu
st learne to
shake o
ff pompe.
8989To leaue the
state that ear
st be
seemd a Knight,
9090And gentleman of no meane di
scent,
9191To vndertake this homely millers trade:
9292Thus mu
st we maske to
saue our wretched liues,
9393Threatned by Conque
st of this haple
sse Ile:
9494Who
se
sad inua
sions by the Conqueror,
9595Haue made a number
such as we
subie
ct 9696Their gentle neckes vnto their
stubborne yoke,
9797Of drudging labour and ba
se pe
santrie.
9898Sir
Thomas Goddard now old
Goddard is,
9999Goddard the Miller of faire Manche
ster.
100100Why
should not I content me with this
state?
101101As good Sir Edmund
Trofferd did the
flaile.
102102And thou sweete
Em mu
st stoope to high e
state.
103103To ioyne with mine that thus we may prote
ct Our
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