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List of most recent chapters published for the A Select Collection of Old English Plays novel. A total of 1049 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
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
- 301 A Select Collection of Old English Plays.Vol. VI.by Robert Dodsley.FIVE PLAYS.[These five dramas were originally edited for the Roxburghe Club in 1851 by Mr J. Payne Collier, and are now incorporated with the present Collection precisely as they stand in
- 302 His son likewise they afterward did kill: And hereupon that man, in fury great, Did soldiers send these husbandmen to spill; Their town to burn he did them also will: But out alas, alas, for woe I cry, To use the same far juster cause have I.For where the
- 303 Now murthering Mars retrograde in Libra, With amiable tryne apply to my beam; And splendent Sol the ruler of the day, After his eclipse to Jupiter will lean: The G.o.ddess of pleasure (dame Venus, I mean) To me her poor servant seem friendly to be: So als
- 304 ACT II., SCENE 3.HYPOCRISY.O loving Father and merciful G.o.d!We through our sins thy punishment deserve, And have provoked to beat with thy rod Us stubborn children, which from thee do swerve.We loathed thy word, but now we shall sterve; For Hypocrisy is
- 305 Marry, then you had need to be kept very warm.AVARICE.I swear to your masters.h.i.+p, by the man in the moon, That to your person I intended no harm.HYPOCRISY.But that I am weary, I would both your tongues charm. See how to my face they do me deride [_Asi
- 306 HYPOCRISY.The legates are ready to ride, I am sure; Wherefore we had need to make no small delay: They stay for my coming alone, I dare say.Howbeit the laity would greatly mislike, If they should know all our purpose and intent; Yea, and perhaps some mean
- 307 [HYP. He is Kit Careless.]None dare reprove me, of that I am sure, So long as authority on my side endure.But to thy words a while I will list; Therefore in brief say on what you will.AVARICE.I would have you show rigour to such as resist, And such as be
- 308 CACON.It is the least thing ay car far, bay may charge; Far se lang as thea han images wharon te luke, What need thea be distructed awt af a buik?HYPOCRISY.Tus.h.!.+ that will modify them all well enou': As well a dead image as a dumb idol, I make G.
- 309 CARDINAL.What, Master Hypocrisy, I have stayed for you long.HYPOCRISY [_Aside_].You were best crowd in, and play us among.CARDINAL. Where have you been from me so long absent?I appointed to have been here three hours ago, In my consistory to have sat in j
- 310 PHILOLOGUS.G.o.d keep me and all men from such a frenzy, As to think anything Christ's power to surpa.s.s, When his will to his power joined was; But where his will wanteth, his power is ineffectual: As Christ can be no liar, G.o.d cannot be mortal.S
- 311 But my conscience crieth out, and bids me take heed To love my Lord G.o.d above all earthly gain; Whereby all this while I stand in great dread, That if I should G.o.d's statutes disdain, In wretched state then I should remain.Thus crieth my conscien
- 312 SUGGESTION.You have spoken reasonably; but yet, as they say, One bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; So you, now enjoying these worldly joys, may Esteem the other as light as a rush: Thus may you 'scape this perilous push.PHILOLOGUS.Yea, but m
- 313 But what do we stay so long in this place?I shall not be well, whilst I am with my Lord's grace.[_Exeunt_.ACT IV. SCENE 4.SPIRIT, PHILOLOGUS, SUGGESTION. [SPIRIT.]Philologus, Philologus, Philologus, I say, In time take heed, go not too far, look well
- 314 SUGGESTION.This is the grief which Conscience takes against thee, I am sure, Because thou usest those delights which Conscience may not do; And therefore he persuadeth thee to leave the same also, As did the fox which, caught in snare and scap'd with
- 315 [PHILOLOGUS.]Come on, my children dear, to me, and let us talk awhile Of worldly goods, which I have got, and of my pleasant state Which fortune hath installed me, who on me cheerly smile, So that unto the top of wheel she doth me elevate.I have escaped a
- 316 THEOLOGUS.O, say not so, Philologus, for G.o.d is gracious, And to forgive the penitent his mercy is plenteous.Do you not know that all the earth with mercy doth abound, And though the sins of all the world upon one man were laid, If he one only spark of
- 317 No, neither did I once contend from them flesh to refrain.Behold, therefore, the judgments just of G.o.d doth me annoy, Not for amendment of my life, but me for to destroy.EUSEBIUS.We do not altogether like of this your exhortation.Whereas you warn us not
- 318 PHILOLOGUS.Let go my hands at liberty: a.s.sistance I crave none.O, that I had a sword awhile! I should soon eased be.AMBO.Alas! dear father, what do you? EUSEBIUS.His will we may now see.[_Exeunt_ Philologus, Gisbertus, Paphinitius.THEOLOGUS.O glorious G
- 319 VULCAN.How ye agree, my masters, I cannot tell; [_To Venus_.] But, were we a-bed, we two could agree well.JUPITER.Gramercy, Mercury; I know thy will Is ever prest to further my desire: In sign whereof, to quiet all things well, And to suppress betimes the
- 320 Lord, have mercy upon us! must the devil appear?Come away, wife; when I pray thee, come away.Down on your knees, my masters, and pray.[_Music_._Enter the show of Troilus and Cressida_. MERCURY.Behold, how Troilus and Cressida Cries out on Love, that frame
- 321 _Enter_ HERMIONE _and_ FIDELIA.HERMIONE.Why then, my dear, what is the greatest prize in love?FIDELIA.Absence of other griefs, the greatest that loving hearts can prove. HERMIONE.But absence cannot minish love, or make it less in ought.FIDELIA.Yet neverth
- 322 What, shall she, villain?FIDELIA.Help, help! alas!_Enter_ PHIZANTIES [_the prince], a_ LORD, _and_ PENULO [_a parasite_].PHIZANTIES. What stir is here? what means this broil begun?Give me to know th'occasion of this strife?How falls it out? Armenio,
- 323 Ah, good my lord, my good lord Hermione!HERMIONE.I am, indeed, as thou dost say, Hermione; For that I am Hermione, I am The unhappiest wight that ever hither came.PENULO.Ah, my good lord! would G.o.d, poor Penulo Might any way but mitigate this woe. And p
- 324 BOMELIO.Why, when? I say!LENTULO.Anon, forsooth.BOMELIO. You naughty lout; come out, sir knave, come away.LENTULO.Will you not give one leave to pull down his points? what, an a should his breeches beray?[_Enter_ LENTULO.]BOMELIO.Get you to the market, an
- 325 LENTULO.By my troth, sir, no more but to try, If you be not as blind a gentleman in the purse as I.PENULO.I use not to carry my money in a purse.LENTULO. All in a pocket? well, never a whit the worse; I must search your pocket.PENULO.What, if it be elsewh
- 326 Now weary lay thee down, thy fortune to fulfil: Go, yield thee captive to thy care, to save thy life or spill.The pleasures of the field, the prospect of delight, The blooming trees, the chirping birds, are grievous to thy sight.The hollow, craggy rock, t
- 327 BOMELIO.I spake of such an one indeed.HERMIONE.Why, do you know her name?BOMELIO. Fidelia. Why do you ask? What, do you know the same?HERMIONE.Yea, father, that I do: I know, and knew her well.But did you wish those plagues to light on her, I pray you tel
- 328 BOMELIO.Come, son, content thee now within a cave to dwell.I will provide for thy redress, and all things shall be well.A darksome den must be thy lofty lodging now.HERMIONE. Father, I am well content to take such part as you.Here is a breathing-fit[101]
- 329 'Twas nothing, fellow, but for 'sample's sake.PENULO.Well, sir, I am content this once it to take.But, sirrah, you must know that squall is the duke's son, That now by mischance is stroken stark dumb, In fetching home his sister, that
- 330 My love is gone, my love is gone out of the basket there, Prepare therefore to kill thyself: farewell, my friends so dear.BOMELIO.Ah, vat-a you do, man?LENTULO.Uplandish, hence away. BOMELIO.Vat-a you do, man? no point yourself to slay.Come de be hang-a.[
- 331 DUKE.Good father, tell it me: whatever should befall, Mine be the danger, mine the loss, you shall be pleased for all.In any case, express it then.BOMELIO.Fait', then me will. If you no have your son be so dumb still.You mus' get-a de grand enem
- 332 Is it not right and lawful both to help thy brother's woe?FIDELIA.It's neither right nor lawful, sir, to help my deadly foe.DUKE.If he have been thy foe, he may become thy friend. FIDELIA.And when I see that come to pa.s.s, I may some succour se
- 333 PENULO.c.o.c.k's blood, you villain! what do you here, you slave?Swounds! hath robb'd the Duke of a suit of apparel, Why speak you not, sirrah? yea, will you not tell?Lay him on, my masters: spare him not, I say.Speak you by signs? One of you pu
- 334 Welcome, my father; but ten times welcome thou, The constant lady mine, that liveth now.FIDELIA.And lives Hermione? lives my Hermione?What can be added more to my felicity?HERMIONE. Thy life, my life; such comfort dost thou give: Happy my life, because I
- 335 VENUS.Brother Mercury, as I have never been So obstinate, or bent so frowardly, But that I could some time relent the ill-- A woman must a little have her will; So am I now resolved for to do Whatso my father shall entreat me to.FORTUNE.And all the world
- 336 What, you would not? i'faith, you look not with the face: When you have the skin, sir, what will you do with the case?But, master prince, since you are come to this travailation, I'll bring you to my old master's convoculation, Where he hid
- 337 I'faith, sirrah, thou and I may hold our peace, with their leave, For none but wise men speak here, I perceive.LENTULO.In some respects so, in some respects not; For a fool's bolt is soon enough shot.FORTUNE.Phizanties, fear no longer his distre
- 338 [_A right excellent and famous Comoedy called the Three Ladies of London.Wherein is Notablie declared and set foorth, how by the meanes of Lucar, Loue and Conscience is so corrupted, that the one is married to Dissimulation, the other fraught with all abh
- 339 DISSIMULATION.A name agreeing to thy nature [_Aside_]: but stay; here comes more company._Enter_ FRAUD _with a sword and buckler, like a ruffian_.FRAUD.Huff! once aloft, and I may hit in the right vein, Where I may beguile easily without any great pain. I
- 340 Then, we are luckily well-met; and, seeing we wish all for one thing, I would we our wills and wis.h.i.+ng might win.SIMPLICITY.Yes, they will be sure to win the devil and all, Or else they'll make a man to spew out his gall.O that vild[157] Usury! h
- 341 SIMPLICITY.Yes, I will serve ye: but will ye go into dinner, for I am hungry?LOVE.Come, Lady Conscience: pleaseth you to walk home from this company?CONSCIENCE. With right goodwill, for their sights pleaseth not me.[_Exeunt_ LADY LOVE _and_ CONSCIENCE.SIM
- 342 LUCRE.Then, Master Davy, to my palace haste thee away, And will Crafty Conveyance, my butler, to make ready The best fare in the house to welcome thee and thy company.But stay, Dissimulation, I myself will go with thee.Gentlemen, I'll go before; but
- 343 Thou must carry over wheat, pease, barley, oats, and vetches, and all kind of grain, Which is well sold beyond sea, and bring such merchants great gain.Then thou must carry beside leather, tallow, beef, bacon, bell-metal and everything, And for these good
- 344 Of troth, how likest thou this fellow, Dissimulation?DISSIMULATION.Marry, I like him well: he is a cunning clerk, and one of our profession.But come, sir, go with us, and we will prefer you.ARTIFEX. Good Master Fraud, remember me.FRAUD.Leave thy prating:
- 345 _Enter_ HOSPITALITY, _while she is writing_.HOSPITALITY.Lady, methinks you are busy.CONSCIENCE.I have done, sir. I was setting my hand to a letter to Lucre for our friend Sincerity. But I would Lady Love were here too.HOSPITALITY.She is at home with me; b
- 346 SIMPLICITY.Faith, cousin, he's such a testern[182] and proud, 'sembling knave, That he'll do nothing, 'less some bribery he have.There's a great many such promoting knaves, that gets their living With nothing else but facing, lyin
- 347 Come, let's go to dinner, cousin, for the gentleman, I think, hath almost din'd, But, and I do get victuals enough, I'll warrant you, I will not be behind.SINCERITY.What, if thou canst not get it then, how wilt thou eat?SIMPLICITY.Marry, on
- 348 LUCRE.I perceive you have been mindful of me, for which I thank ye.But, Usury, tell me, how have you sped in that you went about?USURY.Indifferently, lady, you need not to doubt. I have taken possession, and because they were dest.i.tute, I have let it fo
- 349 SIMONY.Then, this man is answered. Sir Peter Pleaseman, come in with me, And I'll prefer you straightway to my lady.PETER.O sir, I thank ye.[_Exeunt_. _Enter_ SIMPLICITY, _with a basket on his arm_.SIMPLICITY.You think I am going to market to buy roa
- 350 O help, help, help for G.o.d's sake!_Enter_ CONSCIENCE, _running apace_.CONSCIENCE.What lamentable cry was that I heard one make?HOSPITALITY. O Lady Conscience! now or never help me.CONSCIENCE.Why, what wilt thou do with him, Usury?USURY.What will I
- 351 CONSCIENCE.Well, well, Lucre, _Audeo et taceo_: I see and say nothing; But I fear the plague of G.o.d on thy head it will bring.DISSIMULATION.Good lady, grant that love be your waiting-maid.For I think, being brought so low, she will be well apaid. LUCRE.
- 352 SIMPLICITY.No, faith, Mistress Conscience, I'll not; for, and I should sell[205] broom, The maids would cosen me to competually with their old shoon.And, too, I cannot work, and you would hang me out of the way; For when I was a miller, Will did grin
- 353 CONSCIENCE.What, Usury, it is great pity thou art unhanged yet.USURY.Believe me, Conscience, it grieves me thou art brought so low.CONSCIENCE. Believe me, Usury, it grieves me thou wast not hanged long ago; For if thou hadst been hanged, before thou slewe
- 354 And I pray thee, make haste in decking of thy room, That I may find thy lodging fine, when with my friend I come.CONSCIENCE.I'll make speed; and where I have with brooms ofttimes been roaming, I mean henceforth not to be seen, but sit to watch your c
- 355 [_Exeunt_._Enter_ MERCATORE _reading a letter to himself; and let_ GERONTUS _the Jew follow him, and speak as followeth_.GERONTUS.Signor Mercatore, why do you not pay me? think you, I will be mock'd in this sort?This is three times you have flouted m
- 356 SIMPLICITY.Marry, there was never a scutcheon, but there was two trees rampant, And then over them lay a sour tree pa.s.sant, With a man like you in a green field pendant, Having a hempen halter about his neck, with a knot under the left ear, because you
- 357 JUDGE.But, Signor Mercatore, I trow, ye will be a Turk for all this.MERCATORE.Signor, no: not for all da good in da world me forsake a my Christ.JUDGE. Why, then, it is as sir Gerontus said; you did more for the greediness of the money Than for any zeal o
- 358 What is that to thee? why wouldst thou so fain know?SIMPLICITY.Marry, if you should be both right-handed, the one would hinder the other: Then it would not[226] be done finely, according to order; For if I be not whipp'd with credit, it is not worth
- 359 Such terror doth affright me, that living I wish to die: I am afraid there is no spark left for me of G.o.d's mercy.JUDGE.Conscience, where hadst thou this letter?CONSCIENCE.It was put into my bosom by Lucre, Willing me to keep secret our lascivious
- 360 POLICY, POMP, _The three Lords of London_.PLEASURE, WIT, WEALTH, _Their Pages_.WILL, NEMO, _a grave old man_. LOVE, LUCRE, _Three Ladies of London_.CONSCIENCE, HONEST INDUSTRY, PURE ZEAL, _Three Sages_.SINCERITY, PRIDE, AMBITION, _Three Lords of Spain_.TY
- 361 And Policy may Lady Lucre gain Before you both, but let us not contend.For Nemo doth the ladies prisoners keep, Though they were slandered late with liberty, And marriage to three far-born foreigners.Then, first it fits we practise their release, And see
- 362 _Pour temps_, for time.WIT.A very pretty one: I would it were in rhyme.WEALTH.In rhyme, Wit! why so? WIT.Because it wants reason.WILL.Look for my fist, Wit, if ye rap out such treason.WIT.Treason to what, boy?WILL.To my master's bird.WIT.Now, Will, m
- 363 If ye be _non plus_, let the matter fall.WILL.Wit, dost thou see? thus goes Wealth away with all.WIT.Let's reason no further, for we shall have glee. Here is a challenger to our s.h.i.+elds: step we aside._Enter_ SIMPLICITY _in bare black, like a poo
- 364 WIT. True; for if three fools were one fool, that were a great fool. [_Points to_ SIMPLICITY. But how are we double chapboys? SIMPLICITY. Because ye have two chaps, an upper chap and a nether chap. WILL. Ha, ha, ha! WIT. Ha, ha, ha! WEALTH. Ha, ha, ha!
- 365 SIMPLICITY.Cus.h.i.+ons? Alas! it were pity to sit on such fine cus.h.i.+ons. But come, my boys, if you'll buy any of my wares, here's my stall, and I'll open and show straight.WEALTH.What dainty fine ballad have you now to be sold?SIMPLICI
- 366 WIT.I dwelt with him.SIMPLICITY.Didst thou? now, give me thy hand: I love thee the better.WILL. And I, too, sometime.SIMPLICITY.You, child! did you dwell with him sometime?Wit dwelt with him, indeed, as appeared by his rhyme, And served him well; and Will
- 367 SIMPLICITY.Gramercy, good Will, my wife shall love thee still; And since I can neither get Wit nor Wealth, Let my wife have her Will, and let me have my health.G.o.d forgive me, I think I never name her, but it conjures her: look where she comes!Be manner
- 368 PLEASURE.At liberty, thou spotless magistrate, That of the cause dost carry all regard, Careless of bribes, of birth and parentage, Because thyself art only born to bliss.Bless us so much, that lords of London are, That those three ladies, born and bred w
- 369 SIMPLICITY.So that Usury and an a.s.s are two of the profitablest beasts that a man can keep; yet th'one hath sharper teeth than th'other.FRAUD.But what means Dissimulation? He droops, methinks. What cheer, man?Why, cousin, frolic a fit. Art tho
- 370 If world would end, my woe should but begin: Lo, this the case of Conscience for her sin; And sin the food, wherewith my worm was fed, That stings me now to death, yet never dead.LOVE.Yet never dead, and yet Love doth not live, Love, that to loss in life
- 371 That pray with faith, and with unfeign'd remorse, For true belief and tears make prayer of force.CONSCIENCE.Then veil ourselves, and silent let us stay, Till heaven shall please to send some friends this way.[_Sit all down_.[_Enter_ FRAUD, DISSIMULAT
- 372 SIMPLICITY.No, I thank you heartily; I'll beg no more. I cannot with ye, though I would, for I am married to Painful-Penury. Look now, my proud stately masters, I may if I will; and you would, if ye might.FRAUD.No, not dwell with such a beggar as Con
- 373 Then tempt me not, nor trouble me no more; I must not use you as I did before.If you be found within fair London's gate, You must to prison, whence we came of late.Conscience will accuse ye, if ye be in sight.FRAUD.That scurvy Conscience works us all
- 374 POLICY.Sweet Love indeed!POMP.A lovely face!PLEASURE. A gallant grace!NEMO.Conscience, uncover.POLICY.Beauty divine!POMP.A face angelical!PLEASURE.Sweet creature of the world!NEMO.Enough for once; ladies, sit down again.As cunning chapmen do by curious wa
- 375 [_Exeunt ambo_.NEMO.Lucre consumes, being won by Fraud or s.h.i.+ft.Thus, lords, you see how these are qualified, And how these ladies shun that sharp rebuke, Which some deserve by taking of such toys, As women weak are tempted soon with gifts.But here th
- 376 Dere, mastra! O, pover necessity mak a me sell pour grand, grand loss: you shall gain ten pound at least. Go'boy[259].SIMPLICITY.What's your name?FRAUD.Merchant, I think I am even with ye now for calling me ostler. You'll thrive well with s
- 377 Thou art not known to any of these lords By face or feature: till they hear thy name, Which must be Lucre for a fine device, And Conscience clear indeed's the greatest gain. [_Aside_.Lo, lordings, here fair Lucre whom ye love.Lucre, the choice is lef
- 378 POLICY.Right thankfully those favours we'll receive._Enter_ DILIGENCE _in haste_.DILIGENCE.My lords, if your affairs in present be not great, Greater than any, save regard of life, Yea, even the greatest of the commonwealth, Prepare ye to withstand a
- 379 SIMPLICITY.Of an old Frenchman, the old French disease take him!USURY.And where dwells that old Frenchman?SIMPLICITY. In France, I think, for he told me he was to go over the next tide or the next day: My wife can tell as well as I, If ye think I lie.For
- 380 And thou too, I hope: why, what should we do?USURY.Whatsoever ye do, be not traitors to your native country.SIMONY.'Tis not our native country, thou knowest. I, Simony, am a Roman: Dissimulation, a mongrel--half an Italian, half a Dutchman: Fraud so,
- 381 If they be conquer'd, greater is their shame.But, Diligence, go post alongst the coast To tell the news; and look, to welcome them, Let us alone. My lords, you hear the news: More words were vain; I know ye well resolv'd.[_Exit_ DILIGENCE.POMP.A
- 382 Advance again your lances now, my boys.[_Hold up again_.S. PRIDE.Dicito n.o.bis ideo, qui ades, quid sibi velint isthaec emblemata?Dicito (inquam) lingua materna: nos enim omnes belle intelligimus, quamvis Anglice loqui dedignamur. FEALTY.Then know, Casti
- 383 I see, Castilians, that you marvel much At this same emblem of the olive-tree Upon my back; lo, this it signifies.Spain is in wars; but London lives in peace: Your native fruit doth wither on your soil, And prospers where it never planted was.This London&
- 384 _Enter_ S. PRIDE.S. PRIDE.Fuoro Viliagos! fuoro Lutheranos Ingleses! fuoro, sa, sa, sa!POMP.Their s.h.i.+elds are ours: they fled away with shame. But, lordings, whiles the stratagem is fresh, And memory of their misfortune green, Their hearts yet faintin
- 385 NEMO.So it please you, lordings, methinks it were meet, That the ladies took care to provide their own toys.Myself need to help them, who know their minds well, For I can keep women both quiet and constant.POLICY.It pleaseth us well that you will take the
- 386 A crafty villain, perceiving how we meant to Usury, slipt away._Enter_ SIMPLICITY _in haste, and give the Lords a paper to read_.SIMPLICITY.All hail, all rain, all frost, and all snow Be to you three Lords of London on a row!Read my supplantation, and my
- 387 DILIGENCE.What is it, Master Fraud, ye would demand of me?FRAUD.Sir, this you know, though yourself be a man of good reckoning, yet are ye known an officer unto these three lords, and what discredit it were to me, being a noted man, to pa.s.s through the
- 388 And that is your portion; for Conscience is bestowed on London's Pleasure, because London makes o'[286] Conscience what pleasure they use and admit, and what time they bestow therein, and to what end: so, my Lord Devotion, either that or nothing
- 389 If London list to look, the streets were ne'er so clean, Except it was, when best it might, in welcome of our Queen.Three lovely lords of London shall three London ladies wed: Strew sweetest flowers upon the stones; perfume the bridal bed.Strew the f
- 390 A most pleasant and merie new Comedie, int.i.tuled A Knacke to Knowe a Knaue. Newlie set foorth, as it hath sundrie tymes bene played by Ed: Allen and his Companie. With Kemps applauded Merrimentes of the men of Goteham, in receiuing the King into Goteham
- 391 DUNSTAN.If it please your grace to think it good, Dunstan will say, as once Hephaestion did, When Alexander wan rich Macedon;[289]That whatsoe'er the king himself thought meet, He would in dutiful obedience yield unto.And so saith Dunstan to your maj
- 392 If any, but in conference, name the king, Inform his majesty they envy him; And if the king but move, or speak to thee, Kneel on both knees, and say, G.o.d save your majesty.If any man be favoured by the king, Speak thou him fair, although in heart thou e
- 393 Father, what wouldest thou have me do in this?Thou seest thy son is sorry for his fault, And I am sure thou would not wish his death, Because a father's care commands the contrary.Then, gentle father, let me plead for him, And be his pledge for shunn
- 394 Here is the man I told you of, that would lend you the money.He is a very honest man; and but for my sake, I know, He would not do it. But is the land despatch'd another way?If you be ready to seal, he is ready with the money.Hear you, sir, you have
- 395 HONESTY.And yet you are Cutbert the Coneycatcher, The bailiff's son of Hexham, whose father, being dead, The devil carried to h.e.l.l for his knavery.How sayest thou, art not thou his son?This grave black cloak makes you so proud, You have forgotten
- 396 HONESTY.I told you, sir, how resolute you should find him: He doth it without fear, I warrant you. I think That in London you could not have found a man so fit For your purpose. I knew his father, sir: A man of honest reputation, and one whose life Was wi
- 397 Whither, distraught, roams my unruly thoughts?It is the king I cosen of his choice, And he nill brook Earl Ethenwald should prove False to his prince, especially in love.Then thus it shall be: I'll tell the king the maid is fair, Of nut-brown colour,
- 398 _Enter_ PERIN _and_ HONESTY.PERIN.G.o.d save you, gentlemen. The king greets you, and at this time Having some occasion to use money, hath sent to know What you that be knights and squires will lend his grace; And you, Master Farmer: be brief, sir[s,] for
- 399 ETHENWALD.I cannot tell, but sure it pains me much.Nor did it ever trouble me till now; For till I came to lodge within your house, My eyes were clear, and I never felt the pain.OSRICK.I am sorry that my house should cause your grief. Daughter, if you hav
- 400 KING.Alas, poor Piers Plowman! what ailest thou?Why dost thou weep? Peace, man: if any have Offended thee, thou shalt be made amends Unto the most.PIERS PLOWMAN.I beseech your grace To pity my distress. There is an unknown thief That robs the commonwealth