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Latest Release: Chapter 1 : A Select Collection of Old English Plays.by Robert Dodsley.INTRODUCTION.THOMAS RAWLINS,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays.by Robert Dodsley.INTRODUCTION.THOMAS RAWLINS, author of "The Rebellion," was a medallist by profession, and afterwards became an engraver of the Mint, a vocation which, in his preface, he prefers to the threadba
- 101 JOLLY. Yes, and be you judge, if the rogue does not suffer deservedly. I have bid him any time this twelvemonth but send his wife, I'll pay her, and the rogue replies, n.o.body shall lie with his wife but himself.CARE. Nay, if you be such a one-- TAI
- 102 CROP. Fool! Let him pay the fool his money, and he'll be gone.JOLLY. No, sir, not a farthing. 'Twas my business to borrow it, and it shall be yours to get it in again. Nay, by this hand, I'll be feasted too, and have good words. Nay, thou s
- 103 _Enter_ BOY.Where have you been all this while, sirrah?BOY. I could overtake the coach, sir, no sooner.CAPT. The coach! what coach?BOY. The Lady Loveall's. CAPT. The Lady Loveall's! Why, what had you to do with her coach?BOY. I went to give her
- 104 CAPT. With me?DRAW. No, sir, with Master Wild.WILD. Madam, I'll wait upon you presently.[_Exit_ WILD.CAPT. Madam, I know my company is displeasing to you, therefore I'll take my leave. Drawer, show me another room. [_The_ CAPTAIN _makes a turn o
- 105 BAWD. He is awake, and calls for you impatiently: he would fain be in bed; the company is all gone.WAN. Are you instructed?BAWD. Let me alone, I'll warrant you for my part.WAN. Farewell then; you are all ready. Who plays master constable?CAPT. I, I;
- 106 WAN. Will Master Jolly consent too? You must not then, as soon as a handsome woman is named, smile and stroke your beard; tell him that is next you, you have lain with her. Such a lie is as dangerous as a truth, and 'twere but justice to have thee ha
- 107 PAR. Why, gentlemen, whither will you carry me?CAPT. To the next justice, I think it is Master Wild; he is newly come from travel. It will be a good way, neighbours, to express our respects to him.PAR. No, faith, gentlemen, e'en go the next way to Ty
- 108 [_The_ PARSON _looks very dejected_.WILD. And these they are: let the watch stay in t'other room.[_Exit_ WATCH.] First, your wife shall have her liberty, and you yours, as she reports of you; and when you bring her with you, you shall be welcome. The
- 109 WID. But what shall we do, then?CON. Dare you adventure to oblige us?WID. Thank you, sir? we'll go to my nephew's at Covent Garden: he may s.h.i.+ft among his acquaintance.PLEA. It was well thought on; the Piazza is hard by, too.WID. We'll
- 110 WILD. If I thought so, I would carry you out in my arms, I am so much Master Constant's friend.PLEA. But are you more his friend than mine, Master Wild?WILD. No; but I presume by this he has gained so much interest, as he would not be very displeasin
- 111 WILD. I will, I will; but be quiet all.PAR. Master Wild, I hope there is no plot in this.CAPT. There's no jealousy, Master Parson, 'tis all serious, upon my life. Come away with us.[_Exeunt omnes._ SCENE VI. _The tiring-room, curtains drawn, and
- 112 CAPT. What to do? why I'll be hanged, if all this company do not guess.JOLLY. Prythee, what should we stay for?CAPT. For the widow and her niece. Are they worth the watching for a' night?WILD. Yes, certainly.CAPT. Then take my counsel, and let m
- 113 JOLLY. Why so? I warrant you [I'll] thrive.PAR. A pox take you, I'll pare your nails when I get you from this place once.WAN. Sweetheart, sweetheart, off with your shoes.PAR. Ay, with all my heart, there's an old shoe after you.[270]Would I
- 114 CAPT. Go, get you in, then, and let your husband dip the rosemary.[271]JOLLY. Is all ready?CAPT. All, all; some of the company are below already. I have so blown it about, one porter is gone to the Exchange to invite Master Wild's merchant to his wed
- 115 WID. Penthesilea nor all the cloven knights the poets treat of, yclad in mightiest petticoats, did her excel for gallant deeds, and with her honour still preserved her freedom. My brother loved her; and I have heard him swear Minerva might have owned her
- 116 PLEA. Dare they or you look us in the face, and swear this?CARE. Yes, faith; and all but those four know no other but really it is so; and you may deny it, but I'll make master constable put you to bed, with this proof, at night.WID. Pray, let's
- 117 CAPT. Come, come away, I'll get the points. I'm glad the coachman's well; the rogue had like to have spoiled our comedy.[_Exeunt omnes._ SCENE III._Enter the_ LADY LOVEALL, MASTER SAD _and_ CONSTANT, _undressed, and b.u.t.toning themselves
- 118 WID. I wonder at nothing so much as Master Jolly's mirth to-day!Where lies his part of the jest? Cosened or refused by all, not a fish that stays in's net.JOLLY. No; what's this? [JOLLY _hugs_ WANTON.] Show me a fairer in all your streams.
- 119 PLEA. Fie, Master Sad! pray leave being witty. I fear 'tis a mortal sin to begin in the fifth act of your days: upon an old subject, too--abusing of widows because they despise you!WID. Alas, niece! let him alone: he may come in for his share: the pa
- 120 [_The music plays._ LOVE. Is it certain, then, they're married?CAPT. Yes, lady; I saw the church's rites performed.FAITH. Why does your ladys.h.i.+p lose time in talking with this fellow? don't you know him, madam? 'tis the rascally ca
- 121 [31] [_i.e._, Medoro, the character so called in the "Orlando Furioso." Trotter has just called Giovanno _Orlando_, which was, by the way, a common name for any mad-brained person, and often occurs in poems and plays.][32] [Shaken me by the nape
- 122 [75] In the original the remainder of this play is jumbled together in strange confusion. [76] [Edits., _rowls_.] [77] [Nemesis.] [78] [Old copies, _they_.] [79] For that piece of mockery. FOOTNOTES: ANDROMANA or THE MERCHANTS WIFE [80] [It is, however,
- 123 [118] [Old copy, _Ciens_.][119] [Old copy, _with_.][120] [Old copy, _century_.][121] [An equivoque may be intended.][122] [Old copy, _Apozems_. Perhaps the boy means _pozzets_.] [123] [Old copy, _masquerellas_.][124] [Capricious, fanciful.][125] [Old copy
- 124 [168] [Probably the same as _demaynes_, possessions. See Halliwell in _v._][169] [Entertainment.][170] [The Spring Garden.][171] [Dispersed.][172] [_i.e._, To the life.] [173] [Cowardice.][174] [A word formed from _staniel_, a base kind of hawk, and thenc
- 125 [204] This custom, strange as it would now appear, was the constant practice of gentlemen in the 17th century. When on visits, either of ceremony or business, or even in company of ladies and at public places, their constant amus.e.m.e.nt was to comb thei
- 126 "He calls forth one by one, to note their graces; Whilst they _make legs_, he copies out their faces."--_Ibid._ [229] [Pother.][230] _Outcry_ was the ancient term for _an auction_. As in Ma.s.singer's "City Madam," act i. sc. 3--
- 127 In a collection of epigrams, ent.i.tled, "More Fools Yet," written by R. S. (Roger Sharpe), 1610, 4^o, is the following-- "Rusticus, an honest country swayne, Whose education simple was, and plaine, Having survey'd the citie round abou
- 128 A Select Collection of Old English Plays.Volume I.by R. Dodsley.PREFACE.After the lapse of about half a century since the issue of the last edition of _Dodsley's Select Collection of Old Plays_,[1] and the admittance of that work into the honourable
- 129 Wherefore in this work declared shall ye see, First of the elements the situation, And of their effects the cause and generation; And though some men think this matter too high, And not meet for an audience unlearned, Methink for man nothing more necessar
- 130 STUDIOUS DESIRE.That it cannot be plane I shall well prove thee: Because the stars, that arise in the orient, Appear more sooner to them that there be, Than to the other dwelling in the Occident.The eclipse is thereof a plain experiment Of the sun or moon
- 131 TA. Then know I a lighter meat than that.HU. I pray thee, tell me what?TA. If ye will needs know at short and long, It is even a woman's tongue, For that is ever stirring![16]HU. Sir, I pray thee, let such fantasies be, And come hither near, and hark
- 132 TA. Yea, that I can well purvey, As good as ever you put to your nose, For there is a false wench called Rose Distilleth a quart every day.SEN. By G.o.d! I would a pint of that Were poured even upon thy pate Before all this presence.TA. Yet I had liever s
- 133 For as soon as I speak to him again, I shall turn his mind clean, And make him follow my school.IGN. Then bid him rise, let us hear him speak.SEN. Now, rise up, Master Huddypeke, Your tail toteth out behind!Fear not, man, stand up by and by; I warrant you
- 134 Sleepest thou, wakest thou, Geffrey c.o.ke?A hundred winter the water was deep, I can not tell you how broad.He took a goose neck in his hand, And over the water he went.He start up to a thistle top, And cut him down a hollen club.He stroke the wren betwe
- 135 [_Exit Sem_.CAL. Then farewell! Christ send thee again soon!Oh, what fortune is equal unto mine!Oh, what woeful wight with me may compare!The thirst of sorrow is my mixed wine, Which daily I drink with deep draughts of care. _Re-enter_ SEMp.r.o.nIO.SEM. T
- 136 CAL. Christ make thee strong! [_Exit Sem_.The mighty and perdurable G.o.d be his guide, As he guided the three kings into Bedlam[40]From the east by the star, and again did provide As their conduct to return to their own realm; So speed my Semp.r.o.nio to
- 137 Ensample may be by this that is pa.s.sed, How servants be deceitful in their master's folly, Nothing but for lucre is all their bawdry. [_Aside_.CEL. It pleaseth me, Parmeno, that we together May speak, whereby thou may'st see I love thee, Yet u
- 138 _Hic exeat_ PARMENO _et intret_ MELIBAEA.MEL. I pray you, came this woman here never sin'?[58]In faith, to enter here I am half adrad; And yet why so? I may boldly come in: I am sure from you all I shall not be had.But, Jesus, Jesus, be these men so
- 139 MEL. If this be true, that thou say'st to me now, Mine heart is lightened, perceiving the case: I would be content well, if I wist how, To bring this sick knight unto some solace.CEL. Fair damsel, to thee be health and grace: For if this knight and y
- 140 EVERYMAN: A MORAL PLAY._EDITIONS.For a list of the editions, see Hazlitt_ ut infra. _A facsimile of the t.i.tle-page of one of the editions by Skot is here given. Neither of the editions by Pynson has the t.i.tle_.HAWKINS'S PREFACE.This morality, or
- 141 EVERYMAN.What! sent to me?DEATH.Yea, certainly: Though you have forgot him here, He thinketh on thee in the heavenly sphere; As, ere we depart, thou shalt know.EVERYMAN. What desireth G.o.d of me?DEATH.That shall I show thee; A reckoning he will needs hav
- 142 DEATH.Nay, thereto I will not consent, Nor no man will I respite; But to the heart suddenly I shall smite Without any advis.e.m.e.nt.And now out of thy sight I will me hie; See thou make thee ready shortly, For thou mayest say, this is the day That no man
- 143 Why, ye said, if I had need, Ye would me never forsake, quick ne dead, Though it were to h.e.l.l truly.FELLOWs.h.i.+P.So I said certainly; But such pleasures be set aside, the sooth to say, And also if ye took such a journey, When should we come again?EVE
- 144 KINDRED.Here be we now at your commandment: Cousin, I pray thee, show us your intent In any wise, and do not spare.COUSIN.Yea, Everyman, and to us declare If ye be disposed to go any whither; For, wot ye well, we[84] will live and die together.KINDRED. In
- 145 Who calleth me? Everyman? what, hast thou haste?I lie here in corners trussed and piled so high, And in chests I am locked so fast, Also sacked in bags, thou mayest see with thine eye, I cannot stir; in packs, lo, where I lie!What would ye have, lightly m
- 146 First Fellows.h.i.+p he said he would with me gone; His words were very pleasant and gay, But afterward he left me alone.Then spake I to my kinsmen all in despair, And also they gave me words fair, They lacked no fair speaking; But all forsake me in the e
- 147 Now go we together lovingly To Confession, that cleansing river.EVERYMAN.For joy I weep: I would we there were; But I pray you to instruct me by intellection,[91]Where dwelleth that holy virtue Confession?KNOWLEDGE. In the house of salvation; We shall fin
- 148 EVERYMAN. Now blessed be Jesu, Marys son; For now have I on true contrition: And let us go now without tarrying. Good Deeds, have we clear our reckoning? GOOD DEEDS. Yea, indeed, I have here. EVERYMAN. Then I trust we need not to fear; Now, friends, let
- 149 No more will I unto death's hour, Whatsoever thereof befall.DISCRETION.Everyman, advise you first of all, Go with a good advis.e.m.e.nt and deliberation; We all give you virtuous monition That all shall be well.EVERYMAN.My friends, hark what I will y
- 150 Yea, by my faith, and never more appear; In this world live no more we shall, But in heaven before the highest Lord of all. BEAUTY. I cross out all this: adieu, by Saint John; I take my cap in my lap, and am gone. EVERYMAN. What, Beauty? whither will ye?
- 151 EVERYMAN.Alas! then may I both wail and weep; For I took you for my best friend.FIVE WITS.I will no lenger thee keep: Now farewell, and here an end.EVERYMAN. Now, Jesu, help! all hath forsaken me.GOOD DEEDS.Nay, Everyman, I will abide with thee, I will no
- 152 HICKSCORNER._EDITIONS_._Hyckescorner. [At the end:] Enprynted by me Wynkyn de Worde. 4, Black letter.Hycke scorner. [At the end:] Thus endeth the enterlude of Hycke scorner.Imprinted at London in foster laene by John Waley. 4, Black letter_. HICKSCORNER.T
- 153 CONTEMPLATION.I warrant you, brother, that he is coming.PERSEVERANCE.The eternal G.o.d, that named was Messias, He give you grace to come to his glory, Wherever is joy in the celestial place, When you of Satan winneth the victory, Everyman ought to be gla
- 154 Alas, that is a heavy case, That so great sin is used in every place; I pray G.o.d it amend.CONTEMPLATION.Now G.o.d, that ever hath been man's friend, Some better tidings soon us send!For now I must be gone.Farewell, good brethren here; A great erran
- 155 And what life have they there, all that great sort?IMAGINATION.By G.o.d, sir, once a year some taw halts of Burport:[117]Yea, at Tyburn there standeth the great frame.And some take a fall that maketh their neck lame. FREEWILL.Yea, but can they then go no
- 156 HICKSCORNER.G.o.d speed, G.o.d speed; who called after me?IMAGINATION.What, brother, welcome by this precious body; I am glad that I you see, It was told me that you were hanged; But out of what country come ye?HICKSCORNER. Sirs, I have been in many a cou
- 157 But thou lubber Imagination, That cuckold thy father, where is he become? At Newgate doth he lie still at jail? IMAGINATION. Avaunt, wh.o.r.eson, thou shalt bear me a stripe; Sayst thou, that my mother was a wh.o.r.e? FREEWILL. Nay, sir, but the last ni
- 158 PITY. Peace, peace, sirs, I command you. IMAGINATION. Avaunt, old churl; whence comest thou? And thou make too much, I shall break thy brow, And send thee home again. PITY. Ah, good sir, the peace I would have kept fain; Mine office is to see no man sla
- 159 HICKSCORNER.By G.o.d, this fellow that may not go hence, I will go give him these hose rings; Now, i-faith, they be worth forty pence, But to his hands I lack two bonds.IMAGINATION.Hold, wh.o.r.eson, here is an halter; Bind him fast, and make him sure.PIT
- 160 PERSEVERANCE.Brother, let us unbind him of his bonds.CONTEMPLATION.Unloose the feet and the hands.PITY. I thank you for your great kindness, That you two show in this distress; For they were men without any mercy, That delighteth all in mischief and tyran
- 161 Make room, sirs, that I may break his pate; I will not be taken for them both.CONTEMPLATION.Thou shalt abide, whether thou be lief or loth; Therefore, good son, listen unto me, And mark these words that I do tell thee: Thou hast followed thine own will ma
- 162 For to go toward heaven.FREEWILL.Marry, and you will me thither bring, I would do after you.[159]PERSEVERANCE.I pray you, remember my words now: Freewill, bethink thee that thou shalt die, And of the hour thou are uncertain, Yet by thy life thou mayest fi
- 163 G.o.d's wounds, who gave thee that counsel?FREEWILL.Perseverance and Contemplation, I thee tell.IMAGINATION.A vengeance on them, I would they were in h.e.l.l. FREEWILL.Amend, Imagination, and mercy cry.IMAGINATION.By G.o.d's sides, I had liever
- 164 FREEWILL.Beware, for when thou art buried in the ground, Few friends for thee will be found, Remember this still.IMAGINATION.No thing dread I so sore as death, Therefore to amend I think it be time; Sin have I used all the days of my breath, With pleasure
- 165 And because ye Shall unto me Give credence at the full Mine auctority Now shall ye see Lo, here the Popes bull! [_Now shall the friar begin his sermon, and even at the same time the pardoner beginneth also to show and speak of his bulls and auctorities co
- 166 PARDONER. Which late by fire was destroyed and marred-- FRIAR. In Scripture eke but I say, sirs, how-- PARDONER. Ay, by the ma.s.s, one cannot hear-- FRIAR. What a babbling maketh yonder fellow! PARDONER. For the babbling of yonder foolish frere-- FRIAR
- 167 PARDONER. Five thousand years of pardon to every of you by name-- FRIAR. And on his board dishes delicate-- PARDONER. And clean remission also of their sin-- FRIAR Poor Lazarus came begging at his gate-- PARDONER. As often times as you put in-- FRIAR. D
- 168 PARDONER.For which G.o.d shall quite you well your mede-- FRIAR.In brenning fire, which shall never cease-- PARDONER. Now help our poor chapel, if it be your will-- FRIAR.But I say, thou Pardoner, I bid thee hold thy peace!-- PARDONER.And I say, thou fria
- 169 PARDONER. By this shall ye have clean remission-- FRIAR. But now further it ought to be declared-- PARDONER. And forgiven of the sins seven-- FRIAR. Who be these poor folk, that should have your reward-- PARDONER. Come to this pardon, if ye will come to
- 170 PARDONER. This is the pardon, that to heaven shall ye bring-- FRIAR. But I say, thou Pardoner, thou wilt keep silence soon!-- PARDONER. Yea, it is like to be, when I have done!-- FRIAR. Marry, therefore the more knave art thou, I say, That perturbest th
- 171 PARDONER. Pardons delivereth them fro the sins seven-- FRIAR. And in our place be friars three score and three-- PARDONER. Pardons for every crime may dispense-- FRIAR. Which only live on mens charity-- PARDONER. Pardon purchaseth grace for all offence-
- 172 PARDONER. Which to remit this pardon is not able-- FRIAR. Look that ye distribute it wisely-- PARDONER. As well declareth the sentence of this letter-- FRIAR. Not to every man that for it will cry-- PARDONER. Ye cannot, therefore, bestow your money bett
- 173 FRIAR. For I will speak, whither thou wilt or no-- PARDONER. In faith, I care not, for I will speak also-- FRIAR. Wherefore hardly let us both go to-- PARDONER. See which shall be better heard of us two-- FRIAR. What, should ye give ought to parting par
- 174 FRIAR. But we friars be not in like estate-- PARDONER. For why there is in our fraternity-- FRIAR. For our hands with such things we may not maculate-- PARDONER. For all brethren and sistren that thereof be-- FRIAR. We friars be not in like condition--
- 175 FRIAR. Wherefore some man must ye hire needs-- PARDONER. And with the bells eke solemnly ringing-- FRIAR. Which must intreat G.o.d for your misdeeds-- PARDONER. And priests and clerks devoutly singing-- FRIAR. Ye can hire no better, in mine opinion-- PA
- 176 FRIAR. We friars be they that should your alms take-- PARDONER. Nigh unto our foresaid holy place-- FRIAR. Which for your souls health do both watch and wake-- PARDONER. Ye shall there tarry for a months s.p.a.ce-- FRIAR. We friars pray, G.o.d wot, when
- 177 FRIAR. Leave thy railing and babbling of friars, Or, by Jis, Ish lug thee by the sweet ears![176] PARDONER. By G.o.d, I would thou durst presume to it!-- FRIAR. By G.o.d, a little thing might make me to do it-- PARDONER. And I shrew thy heart, and thou
- 178 PARDONER.Yea, marry, will I, as long as thou dost smite.-- [_Enter the Curate_.PARSON (OR CURATE).Hold your hands, a vengeance on ye both two, That ever ye came hither to make this a-do! To pollute my church, a mischief on you light!I swear to you, by G.o
- 179 PARSON.Help, help, neighbour Prat, neighbour Prat, In the wors.h.i.+p of G.o.d, help me somewhat!PRAT.Nay, deal as thou canst with that elf, For why I have enough to do myself.Alas! for pain I am almost dead; The red blood so runneth down about my head. N
- 180 I can with my scourge-stick My fellow upon the head hit, And lightly[196] from him make a skip, And blear on him my tongue.If brother or sister do me chide, I will scratch and also bite: I can cry, and also kick, And mock them all berew.[197]If father or
- 181 MANHOOD. Conscience! what the devil man is he?CONSCIENCE! Sir, a teacher of the spirituality.MANHOOD. Spirituality! what the devil may that be?CONSCIENCE. Sir, all that be leaders into light.MANHOOD. Light! yea, but hark, fellow, yet light fain would I se
- 182 MANHOOD. But I must have sporting of play.CONSCIENCE. Sickerly,[246] Manhood, I say not nay: But good governance keep both night and day, And maintain meekness and all mercy.MANHOOD. All mercy, Conscience: what may that be?CONSCIENCE. Sir, all discretion
- 183 There men and women did Folly, And every man made of me as worthy, As though I had been a knight.MANHOOD. I pray thee yet tell me mo of thine adventures.FOLLY. In faith, even straight to all the freres, And with them I dwelled many years, And they crowned
- 184 MANHOOD. Nay, sir, in faith my name is not so.Why, frere, what the devil hast thou to do, Whether I go or abide?CONSCIENCE. Yes, sir, I will counsel you for the best MANHOOD. I will none of thy counsel, so have I rest: I will go whither me lest,[261]For t
- 185 The fifth article I shall you tell: Then the spirit of G.o.dhead went to h.e.l.l, And bought out the souls that there did dwell By the power of His own might.The sixth article I shall you say: Christ rose upon the third day, Very G.o.d and man without nay
- 186 PATER COELESTIS. Then thou art blameless, and the fault thou layest to me?ADAM PRIMUS h.o.m.o. Nay, all I ascribe to my own imbecility.No fault in thee, Lord, but in my infirmity, And want of respect in such gifts as thou gavest me.PATER COELESTIS. For th
- 187 I know that mercy with thee is permanent, And will be ever, so long as the world endure: Then close not thy hand from man, which is thy creature.Being thy subject, he is underneath thy cure, Correct him thou mayest, and so bring him to grace.All lieth in
- 188 PATER COELESTIS. Utter thy whole mind, and spare me not hardily.ABRAHAM FIDELIS. Paraventure there may be thirty found among them.PATER COELESTIS. May I find thirty, I will nothing do unto them.ABRAHAM FIDELIS. I take upon me too much, Lord, in thy sight.
- 189 PATER COELESTIS. I will first conclude, and then say on thy mind.For that I have found that people so unkind, Not one of them shall enjoy the promise of me, For entering the land, but Caleb and Joshua.MOSES SANCTUS. Thy eternal will evermore fulfilled be.
- 190 DAVID REX PIUS. Lord, at thy pleasure, for thou art full of mercy.PATER COELESTIS. Of a pestilence then three score thousand and ten In three days shall die of thy most puissant men.DAVID REX PIUS. O Lord, it is I which have offended thy grace, Spare them
- 191 _Concinna tunc voce Antiphonam inchoat_, O radix Jesse _quam chorus prosequeter c.u.m organis_._Vel Anglice hoc modo canet_.O fruitful root of Jesse, that shall be set as a sign among people, against the worldly rulers shall fiercely open their mouths. Wh
- 192 A man cannot here to G.o.d do better service Than on this to ground his faith and understanding.For all the world's sin alone Christ paid the price, In his only death was man's life always resting, And not in will-works, nor yet in man's de
- 193 PARDONER.[363] And when ye have gone as far as ye[364] can, For all your labour and ghostly intent, Ye[365] will come home as wise as ye went.PALMER. Why, sir, despised ye pilgrimage?PARDONER. Nay,[366] fore G.o.d, sir, then did I rage; I think ye right w
- 194 PARDONER. Sir, ye seem well-seen in women's causes!I pray you tell me what causeth this: That women, after their arising,[410]Be so long in their apparelling?PEDLAR. Forsooth, women have many lets, And they be masked in many nets: As frontlets,[411]
- 195 Nay, nay, my friend, that will not be; I am too good to wait on thee.PALMER. By our lady, and I would be loth To wait on the better of you both.PEDLAR. Yet be ye sure for all this doubt, This waiting must be brought about.Men cannot prosper, wilfufly led;
- 196 'POTHECARY. If I have never the more for thee, Then be thy relics no riches to me; Nor to thyself, except they be More beneficial than I can see.Richer is one box of this triacle,[476]Than all thy relics, that do no miracle.If thou hadst prayed but h
- 197 He hath played the devil at Coventry.By his acquaintance and my behaviour, He showed to me right friendly favour, And to make my return the shorter, I said to this devil: Good master porter, For all old love, if it lie in your power, Help me to speak with
- 198 PALMER. Then would some master perhaps clout ye, But, as for me, ye need not doubt ye; For I had liever[550] be without ye, Than have such business about ye.'POTHECARY. So help me G.o.d, so were ye better; What, should a beggar be a jetter?[551]It we
- 199 _Thersites cometh in, first having a club upon his neck_.[571]Have in a ruffler forth of the Greek land, Called Thersites, if ye will me know: Aback, give me room, in my way do ye not stand; For if ye do, I will soon lay you low.In Homer of my acts ye hav
- 200 THERSITES.Now would I not fear with any bull to fight, Or with a ramping lion, nother by day nor night.Oh, what great strength is in my body so l.u.s.ty, Which for lack of exercise is now almost rusty.Hercules in comparison to me was but a boy, When the b