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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
- 1 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
- 2 ALER. Colonel?FUL. Signor Alerzo?ALER. Here.PAN. Signors, well-met: The lazy morn has scarcely trimm'd herself To entertain the sun; she still retains The slimy tincture of the banish'd night: I hardly could discern you.ALER. But you appear fresh as a c
- 3 EVAD. Y' are uncivil.NUR. What aged female, for I must confess I am worn threadbare-- Would not be turn'd, and live a marriage life, To purchase heaven?EVAD. Heaven---- NUR. Yes, my dear madam, heaven; whither, My most sweet lady, but to heaven? h.e.l.l
- 4 You appear like to a gem, cut by the Steady hand of careful nature into such Beauteous tablets, that dull art, Famous in skilful flattery, is become A novice in what fame proclaim'd him doctor; He can't express one spark of your great l.u.s.tre.Madam, t
- 5 GIO. Master, I take privilege from your love to hearten on my fellows.O. TAI. Ay, ay, do, do, good boy.[_Exit._ GIO. Come, my bold fellows, let us eternise, For our country's good, some n.o.ble act, That may by time be regist'red at full: And as the yea
- 6 ANT. Because you speak Not like a man, that were possess'd with a Mere soldier's heart, much less a soul guarded With subtle sinews. O madness! can there be In nature such a prodigy, so senseless, So much to be wondered at, As can applaud or lend a will
- 7 NUR. Upon my virginity, wonderful handsome: dear, when we are married, I'll have such a one; shall I not, chicken, ha?GIO. What else, kind nurse?NUR. Truly you tailors are the most sanctified members of a kingdom: how many crooked and untoward bodies hav
- 8 EVAD. E'en what you please, your tyranny can't bear A shape so bad to make Evadne fear: Strong innocence shall guard my afflicted soul, Whose constancy shall tyranny control.[_Exeunt. A noise within, crying Rescue, rescue! Enter_ ANTONIO _and Guard; to
- 9 RAY. Run to my tent, fetch my Philippa, slave. Why movest thou not?2D MESS. The enemy's upon us.RAY. Shall I send thy coward soul down the vaults of horror? Fly, villain, or thou diest![_Strikes him._ _Alarum._ _Enter_ MACHIAVEL, ALERZO, FULGENTIO, PANDO
- 10 [_Whisper._ FUL. 'Twas an affront galls me to think on't: besides, His saucy valour might have ruin'd all Our forward fortunes, had the French been stronger: Let him be banish'd.MACH. It shall be so; My fears are built on grounds, Stronger than Atlas
- 11 ANTONIO, _disguised, sitting in a closet_.ANT. My soul is heavy, and my eyelids feel The weighty power of lazy Morpheus: Each element, that breathes a life within me, Runs a contrary course, and conspire[s]To counterfeit a chaos: whilst the frame And weak
- 12 AUR. Is this the man fame speaks so n.o.bly of?O love, Aurelia never until now Could say he knew thee; I must dissemble it.[_Aside._ PET. Come, sir, to my castle.AUR. Fie on you, sir; to kill a governor, it is a fact death cannot appear too horrible to pu
- 13 TROT. O captain, captain! yonder is the mad Orlando the furious, and I think he takes me for----What do you call him?CAPT. What, Medor?[31]TROT. Ay, ay, Medor: the devil Medor him, he has so nuddled[32]me----O, here he comes: I'll be gone.[_Exit._ _Ente
- 14 [_Exit_ PETRUCHIO.So I'll make fast The door: goodness, bear witness 'tis a potent Power outweighs my duty.ANT. Amazement! on what tenters do you stretch [me].O, how this alteration wracks my reason! I m[ust try]To find the axletree on which it hangs! A
- 15 ANT. Pardon me; there is a bar, that does Concern my life, forbids you as a friend To think on going to any place But to the tailor's house, which is not far.Come: as we go, I will relate the cause.AUR. Do, good brother.EVAD. Go, good Sebastiano.GIO. Seb
- 16 ANT. Use modest violence.AUR. O!ANT. Stand wider, give her air.MACH. G.o.d-like physician, I and all that's mine, Will at thy feet offer a sacrifice.ANT. Forfend it, goodness; I--nay all, Ere many hours [do] make the now young day A type of sparkling you
- 17 Come hither, Frenchman, canst thou rule thy tongue?Art not too much a woman?GIO. No, begare, me show someting for de man.RAY. Or canst thou be like a perverse one--profess doggedness?Be as a dead man dumb, briefly be this: A friend to France, and with a s
- 18 2D TAI. To him, Vermin; thou bitt'st him, i' faith.1ST TAI. Well, act a play before the king.2D TAI. What play shall we act?3D TAI. To fret the French the more, we will act _Strange but True, or the Stradling Mounsieur, with the Neapolitan gentleman bet
- 19 [_Above._ PHIL. Health wait upon this royal company.KING. Knows she we are here?ANT. O no, my lord, 'tis to the twins of treason: Machiavel and Raymond.FUL. Royal! there's something in't. ALER. It smells rank o' th' traitor.PAN. Are you i' th' wind
- 20 _Enter_ PHILIPPA _mad_.PHIL. I come, I come; nay, fly not, for by h.e.l.l I'll pluck thee by the beard, and drag thee thus Out of thy fiery cave. Ha! on yonder hill Stand troops of devils waiting for my soul: But I'll deceive 'em, and, instead of mine,
- 21 KING. But he is Sebastiano, and your son; Late by our hand made happy by enjoying The fair Evadne, dead Antonio's sister: [Her,] for whose sake he became a tailor, And so long lived in that mean disguise.PET. My joy had been too great if he had liv'd; T
- 22 _The Scene, Spain._ PREFACE.[This play was printed in 12^o, 1657 and 1661, with the name of Christopher Marlowe on the t.i.tle as the author, than which few things are more improbable. Yet Dilke, who printed the piece in his series (1816), believed it to
- 23 QUEEN-M. Too true 'tis, woe is me; I am a strumpet, but made so by thee.ELE. By me!No, no, by these young bawds: fetch thee a gla.s.s, And thou shalt see the b.a.l.l.s of both thine eyes Burning in fire of l.u.s.t. By me! There's here, Within this hollo
- 24 [_Exit._ ELE. I'll follow you. Now, purple villany, Sit like a robe imperial on my back, That under thee I closelier may contrive My vengeance; foul deeds hid do sweetly thrive.Mischief, erect thy throne, and sit in state Here, here upon this head; let f
- 25 QUEEN-M. Sweet son.PHIL. Sweet mother: O, how I now do shame To lay on one so foul so fair a name: Had you been a true mother, a true wife, This king had not so soon been robb'd of life.QUEEN-M. What means this rage, my son?PHIL. Call not me your son.My
- 26 _Enter_ FERNANDO _and_ MARIA.ELE. 'Tis right, but now the world is chang'd, you see; Though I seem dead to you, here lives a fire---- No more, here comes the king and my Maria: The Spaniard loves my wife; she swears to me She's chaste as the white moon
- 27 ELE. Ha! concubine! who does Prince Philip mean?PHIL. [_To_ ELEAZAR.] Thy wife. [_To_ ALVERO.] Thy daughter.Base, aspiring lords, Who to buy honour are content to sell Your names to infamy, your souls to h.e.l.l.And stamp you now? Do, do, for you shall se
- 28 QUEEN-M. How?ELE. Thus: Go you, and with a face well-set do In good sad colours, such as paint out The cheek of that foul penitence, and with a tongue Made clean and glib, cull from their lazy swarm Some honest friars whom that d.a.m.nation, gold, Can tem
- 29 ELE. Friars, stand to her and me; and by your sin I'll shoulder out Mendoza from his seat, And of two friars create you cardinals.O, how would cardinals' hats on their heads sit?COLE. This face would look most goodly under it.Friar[s] Crab and Cole do s
- 30 _To the_ FRIARS _making a noise, gagged and bound, enter_ ELEAZAR, ZARACK, BALTHAZAR, _and other Moors, all with their swords drawn_.ELE. Guard all the pa.s.sages. Zarack, stand there; There Balthazar, there you. The friars?Where have you plac'd the fria
- 31 [_Exeunt._ ELE. Many good nights consume and d.a.m.n your souls!I know he means to cuckold me this night, Yet do I know no means to hinder it: Besides, who knows whether the l.u.s.tful king, Having my wife and castle at command, Will ever make surrender b
- 32 MARIA. Why from my bed have you thus frighted me?KING. To let thee view a b.l.o.o.d.y horrid tragedy.MARIA. Begin it, then; I'll gladly lose my life, Rather than be an emperor's concubine.KING. By my high birth, I swear thou shalt be none; The tragedy I
- 33 Here lies her trial; from this royal breast Hath she stolen all comfort--all the life Of every bosom in the realm of Spain.ROD. She's both a traitor and [a] murd'ress.QUEEN-M. I'll have her forthwith strangled.ALV. Hear her speak.QUEEN-M. To heaven let
- 34 ELE. Prince Philip shall not be my sovereign.Philip's a b.a.s.t.a.r.d, and Fernando's dead.Mendoza sweats to wear Spain's diadem: Philip has sworn confusion to this realm.They both are up in arms; war's flames do s.h.i.+ne Like lightning in the air. W
- 35 2D STINK. Yet he may utter sweet doctrine, by your leave. But what think you of friar Cole? 1ST STINK. He? all fire: an he be kindled once, a hot catholic. 3D STINK. And you mark him, he has a zealous nose, and richly inflamed. 1ST STINK. Peace, you rogue
- 36 [_Exeunt._ SCENE VI._Enter_ ELEAZAR, ZARACK, _and_ BALTHAZAR.ELE. Zarack and Balthazar, are they despatch'd?ZAR. We saw 'em sprawl, and turn up the white of the eye. ELE. So shall they perish that lay countermines To cross our high designments: by their
- 37 CAR. No.PHIL. Coward!CAR. By deeds I'll try.Whether your venomous tongue says true. Farewell; Courage s.h.i.+nes both in this and policy.[_Exit._ PHIL. To save thy skin whole, that's thy policy.You wh.o.r.eson fat-chapp'd guts, Ill melt away That lard
- 38 ELE. May be so; But I'll be sworn thy mother was a queen; For her sake will I kill thee n.o.bly.Fling me thy sword; there's mine. I scorn to strike A man disarm'd.PHIL. For this dishonouring me, I'll give thee one stab more.ELE. I'll run away, Unless
- 39 _As she goes out, enter_ ELEAZAR, ZARACK, BALTHAZAR, _and Soldiers well armed; at sight of each other, all draw_.CAR. Soldiers, call back the drum: we are betray'd.ELE. Moors, stand upon your guard; avoid, look back.QUEEN-M. What means this jealousy? Men
- 40 So ho, ho! what, cardinal!CAR. I am not for your lure.[_Exit._ PHIL. For that then, O, [_Touching his sword_] that it had nail'd thy heart Up to the pommel to the earth; come, arm me.Ha! 'sfoot! when all our swords were royally gilt with blood, When wit
- 41 PHIL. Heart! heart! heart! heart![_Tears the warrant._ The devil and his dam, the Moor and my mother, Their warrant I will not obey: old greybeard, Thou shalt not be my jailer; there's no prison, No dungeon deep enough, no grates so strong, That can keep
- 42 CHRIS. What answers Lord Mendoza to the queen?CAR. I confess guilty, Philip is my son; Her majesty hath nam'd the time and place.ALV. To you, but not to us; go forward, madam.QUEEN-M. Within the circle of twice ten years since, Your deceas'd king made w
- 43 QUEEN-M. Strumpet! and I not sit there, who [shall] then?ELE. Down!Back! if she touch it, she'll bewitch the chair; This throne belongs to Isabel the fair.Bring forth the princess dress'd in royal robes, The true affecter of Alvero's son, Virtuous Hort
- 44 ELE. No, I'll speed[71] her myself.Arm in arm? so, so; look upon this ring; Whoever brings this token to your hands, Regard not for what purpose, seize on them, And chain them to the rest: they come--away!Murder, be proud; and, tragedy, laugh on, I'll s
- 45 HOR. And I can tell, True misery loves a companion well.PHIL. Thou left'st me to the mercy of a Moor That hath d.a.m.nation dyed upon his flesh; 'Twas well; thou, mother, didst unmotherly Betray thy true son to false b.a.s.t.a.r.dy; Thou left'st me the
- 46 ISA. O, pity my Hortenzo!HOR. Farewell, my Isabel; my life, adieu.ALL. Mischief and horror let the Moor pursue!ELE. A concert! that amain;[74] play that amain; Amain, amain. No; so soon fallen asleep!Nay, I'll not lose this music; sirrah, sirrah, Take th
- 47 ZAR. I'll stop you on your way; Lie there, thy tongue shall tell no tales to-day.[_Stabs him._ PHIL. Nor thine to-morrow: this revenge was well.[_Stabs him._ By this time both the slaves shake hands in h.e.l.l. ISA. Philippo and Hortenzo, stand you still
- 48 [_Aside._ CHRIS. True peace of joy.[_Exeunt._ _Manent_ ELEAZAR, PHILIP, _and_ HORTENZO.ELE. 'Tis a dissembling knell; Farewell, my lords; meet there; so, ha, ha, ha! [_Draws his rapier._ Now, tragedy, thou minion of the night, Rhamnusia's[77] pew-fellow
- 49 [_Stabs him._ ELE. And am I thus despatch'd!Had I but breath'd the s.p.a.ce of one hour longer, I would have fully acted my revenge: But O, now pallid death bids me prepare, And haste to Charon for to be his fare.I come, I come: but ere my gla.s.s is ru
- 50 ARA. 'Tis now about a week I have observ'd This alteration; it shakes him, like an ague, Once in two days, but holds him longer Than a fit o' th' gout. They whisper about the court As if the king had chid him for it, And now at length
- 51 ART. I dare not counsel you; But in my poor judgment some gentle Fatherly persuasions will work upon so good a nature.EPH. Couldst thou but possibly effect, how I Might take him napping?ART. That is beyond my skill: But I can show you the house and time h
- 52 [_He starts._ KING. Though thou hast thrown all nature off, I cannot what's my duty. Ungracious boy!Hadst been the offspring of a sinful bed, Thou might'st have claim'd adult'ry as inheritance; l.u.s.t would have been thy kinsman, And
- 53 [_Exit._ ACT II., SCENE 1._Enter_ PLANGUS, NICETES, ARAMNES.NIC. What, sir, and are you melancholy, when fate Hath shower'd a happiness so unexpected on us?This ugly, sneaking peace is the soldier's rock He splits his fortunes on. Bawdry's
- 54 [_Soldiers shout, and exeunt._ INO. I'll stay at home, and grieve, that so many Daring souls should die on such advantage.[_Exit_ INOPHILUS.SCENE IV._Enter the_ KING _solus_. KING. Her husband dead too! Fates, let me die, I am too happy to remain lon
- 55 EPH. Wait on that lady forth.RIN. Would there were not a woman in the world, So we had our prince again! Sir, are you mad?Or have forgot you are a father? You Have undone us all.EPH. Why, what's the matter?RIN. O sir, the prince---- EPH. He is not d
- 56 EPH. Yes, I have heard it.PLAN. Then know, when death and our own fates had sworn Our ruin, and we, like some strong wall that long Resists the iron vomits of the flaming cannon, At last shakes itself into a dreadful ruin To those who throw it down; so ha
- 57 _Enter_ PLANGUS, _as from sleep_.PLAN. Lord! how this spirit of revenge still haunts me, And tempts me with such promis'd opportunity, And magnifies my injuries! Sometimes It calls me coward, and tells me conscience, In princes who are injur'd l
- 58 Muster those devils dwell within thy breast, And let them counsel me to a revenge As great as is my will to act it.LIB. Madam, leave words. The rest you take In breathing makes your anger cool. Out with it, And if I do it not; if I startle at Any ill to d
- 59 _Enter_ EPHORBAS, _solus_.EPH. For aught I know, my bed may be the next; Men are not bad by halves, nor doth one mischief Stop a man in his career of sin.There's as much reason i' th' one as th' other.Doth he affect my kingdom, 'c
- 60 PLAN. A message from Andromana Who, out of love, desires me not to go to My father, because something hath put him in A fume against me.INO. Did the king send for you?PLAN. He did so.INO. But upon her entreaty you forbore to go?PLAN. What then? INO. Then
- 61 RIN. Heav'n bless you, sir, what a despair is this?Because you hate a hangman, you will be Your executioner yourself. Believe me, That which presents so great danger to you, I look upon with joy. There is no subject That loves you or the prince, but
- 62 I have been jaded, basely jaded, By those tame fools, honour and piety, And now am wak'd into revenge, breathing forth ruin To those first spread this drowsiness upon My soul. A woman! O heaven, had I been gull'd By anything had borne the name o
- 63 AND. You should have come a little sooner.INO. Do I see well? or is the prince here slain?AND. He is, and 'cause you love him, Carry that token of my love to him.[_Stabs_ INOPHILUS.I know he'll take it kindly that you take So long a journey only
- 64 _Enter_ TRILLO.TRIL. Hey, boys! never did my spirit chirp more cheerfully since I had one. Here is work for Platonics. Never did ladies, brave buxom girls, dispense at easier rates with their forfeited honours. This were an excellent age for that Roman Ca
- 65 TIM. Surly sir, your design?HAX. To ruin your design, illicentiate playwright. Down with your bills, sir.TIM. Your bill cannot do it, sir.HAX. But my commission shall, sir. Can you read, sir?TIM. Yes, sir, and write too, else were I not fit for this emplo
- 66 ACT II., SCENE 1._Enter two_ BOYS.1ST BOY. Room, room for the ladies of the new dress.2D BOY. Thou styles them rightly, Tim; for they have played the snakes, and put off their old slough. New brooms sweep clean.Frosty age and youth suit not well together.
- 67 TIL. May th' frigid zone Sooner contract my sinews!MOR. And love's grove Become an hermit's cell!SAL. And our revels A sullen stoic dream.PAL. And this exchange A period to our joys.CAR. And our protests Affrighting shadows. FLO. Or (what&#
- 68 [_The Confidants ascend the higher seats, erected after the form of the Roman exedras, the Ladies, with pet.i.tions in their hands, standing at the bar._ 1ST BOY. How will these dainty dottrels act their parts?2D BOY. Rarely, no doubt; their audience make
- 69 JUL. If they weigh not heavy, Let me incur your censure. Patriots-- For I appeal to your judicious bosoms, Where serious justice has a residence Mix'd with a pious pity--I shall unravel The clue of my misfortunes in small threads, Thin-spun as is the
- 70 ALL. Her plea is good.TIN. Would you not, reverend consuls, hold it strange To see a savage, unconfined bull, When th' pasture's fruitful, and the milk-pail full, And all delights that might content a beast, Range here and there, and break into
- 71 [_They descend._ LADIES. Above expectance. Singular in all, But best in your conclusion.FRI. You did well In your proportioning of our alimony, Moulded to th' moiety of their estates Whom we have justly left; but we had less Allotted us in more authe
- 72 JOC. What would Sir Gregory?SIR GRE. That you would love me.JOC. No; you must cast your slough first: can you see Ought in yourself worth loving? Have you ever, Since our unhappy meeting, us'd a gla.s.s, And not been startled in the sad perusal Of yo
- 73 1ST CIT. Is it for certain that the duke's voyage holds for Salamanca?2D CIT. No doubt on't; his resolution is so firmly fixed no motion can decline it; and if we may credit Fame (which seldom errs in all, though it exceed in many), never was fl
- 74 If bullets fly about our ears, Let's laugh at death, and banish fears.Come, follow me, &c._ _And if thou canst not live so stench,[153]But thou must needs enjoy thy wench, If thou, my boy, such pleasure crave, A dainty doxy thou shalt have.Come, foll
- 75 _Enter_ GALLERIUS' GHOST.From the Cinnerian depth here am I come Leaving an Erra Pater in my tomb, To take a view, which of my fellows be The thriving'st artists in astronomy.Rank one by one in astrologic row, And dying see, whom thou didst livi
- 76 SIR AMA. Excellent, excellent! I long till I be at work.SIR REU. It will admit no delay, Sir Amadin, I a.s.sure you. We have not overwatched this night to no purpose. This very morning by times we must be fitted with our properties, and with a scornful ne
- 77 DRAW. You shall, you shall, madam;--on my life, these be the ladies of the New Dress; they'll never be satisfied.[_Aside._ [_Exit._ CAV. Let us imagine ourselves now to be planted in the Sparagus Garden, where if we want anything, it is our own fault
- 78 [_They interchange these expresses as they pa.s.s by their Ladies' room._ SIR TRIS. Fancy so fed Begets a surfeit, ere it gets to bed.SIR GRE. Ere I Platonic turn or Confidant, Or an officious servant to a puss, Whose honour lies at stake, let me bec
- 79 [_They go towards their Ladies._ FLO. Madam!FRI. We were mad dames indeed, should we give freedom to such injurious favourites.CAR. This is stormy language; I ever thought our late neglect would nettle them.[_Aside._ FRI. You can affront us, sir, and wit
- 80 ALL. Conquest and affability contend Which to his count'nance may pretend most right.His spirit's too evenly poised to be transported With the success of fortune. Let us hear him.DUKE. Safely arriv'd, thanks to the pow'rs above, Here a
- 81 SCENE IV._Enter the cas.h.i.+ered_ CONFIDANTS, _in a discontented posture_.FLO. Summoned to appear! for what? What have we done?CAR. Incensed those humorous scornful ladies.Thence rose the ground, I durst wager my beaver on't; They ought us a spite,
- 82 CHRIS. I am one of them, forsooth.LADIES. We are the same, so like your excellence.And now redress'd.DUKE. We understand no less: Your alimonies signed by our court!CHRIS. They have not signed mine, if't please your dukes.h.i.+p. Truly, I am a v
- 83 [PREFACE TO THE FORMER EDITION.]THOMAS KILLIGREW, one of the sons of Sir Robert Killigrew, Chamberlain to the Queen, was born at Hanworth, in the county of Middles.e.x, in the month of February 1611.[184] Although his writings are not wanting in those req
- 84 CAPT. If I have any power, I shall prevail. Thou know'st he has a fat benefice, and leave me to plague him till he give it me to be rid of thee.WAN. Will you not keep me then?CAPT. I keep thee! prythee, wilt thou keep me? I know not why men are such
- 85 WAN. He earn from an old lady: hang him, he's only wicked in his desires; and for adultery he cannot be condemned, though he should have the vanity to betray himself. G.o.d forgive me for belying him so often as I have done; the weak-chined slave hir
- 86 WID. What did he do to thee, Secret?PLEA. Why, he swore he had a better opinion of her than to think she had her maidenhead; but if she were that fool, and had preserved the toy, he swore he would not take the pains of fetching it, to have it. I confess,
- 87 JOLLY. Yes, and her old waiting-woman's devotion: she sighed in the pew behind me. A Dutch skipper belches not so loud or so sour. My lady's miserable sinner with the white eyes, she does so squeeze out her prayers, and so wring out, _Have mercy
- 88 [_They spy each other._ SAD. Is't not the captain and my friend?[JOLLY _salutes them; then he goes to the_ CAPTAIN _to embrace him: the_ CAPTAIN _stands in a French posture_,[209]_and slides from his old way of embracing._ JOLLY. Ned Wild! Tom Carele
- 89 [_Exeunt all but the_ CAPTAIN.CAPT. I must go and prevent the rogue's mischief with the old lady.[_Exit_ CAPTAIN.ACT II., SCENE 1._Enter_ JOLLY _and the old lady_ LOVEALL. LOVE. Away, unworthy, false, ungrateful! with what brow dar'st thou come
- 90 [_Exeunt ambo._ SCENE II._Enter_ CAPTAIN.CAPT. A pox upon you, are you earthed? The rogue has got her necklace of pearl; but I hope he will leave the rope to hang me in. How the pox came they so great? I must have some trick to break his neck, else the yo
- 91 CAPT. Yes, but we laugh'd at it.LOVE. So you might; and as I live, if the necklace were come from stringing, I'd send them both to Master Wild, to wear as a favour, to a.s.sure him I am his, and to put the vain slave out of countenance.CAPT. Ay,
- 92 LOVE. Fie! art thou not ashamed to call a wh.o.r.e wife? Lord bless us, what will not these men do when G.o.d leaves them? but for a man of your coat to cast himself away upon a wh.o.r.e! Come, wench, let's go and leave him! I'll swear[217]
- 93 CARE. What's that?WILD. Nothing, a toy. He refuses to show me his wench!CARE. The devil he does! What! have we been thus long comrades, and had all things in common, and must we now come to have common wenches particular? I say, thou shalt see her, a
- 94 CAPT. Yes, yes, the captain knows it, and dares tell you your wit, your fortune, and his face, are but my ploughs; and I would have my fine monsieur know, who, in spite of my counsel, will be finer than his mistress, and appears before her so curiously bu
- 95 SCENE VII._Enter (at the windows) the_ WIDOW _and_ MASTER CARELESS, MISTRESS PLEASANT _and_ MASTER WILD, CAPTAIN, MASTER SAD, CONSTANT, JOLLY, SECRET: _a table and knives ready for oysters_.WID. You're welcome all, but especially Master Jolly. No rep
- 96 JOLLY. And they have reason; for if they have the grace to be kind, he that loves the s.e.x may be theirs.CARE. When your constant lover, if a woman have a mind to him, and be blessed with so much grace to discover it, he, out of the n.o.ble mistake of ho
- 97 WID. Fie, captain, I am ashamed to hear you talk thus: marry, and then you'll have a better opinion of women.CAPT. Marry! yes, this knowledge will invite me: it is a good encouragement, is it not, think you? What is your opinion? Were not these marri
- 98 ACT III., SCENE 1._Enter all from dinner._ WID. Nephew, how do you dispose of yourself this afternoon?WILD. We have a design we must pursue, which will rid you of all this troublesome company; and we'll make no excuse, because you peeped into our pri
- 99 CARE. And let me alone to cook the fish.CAPT. You cook it! no, no, I left an honest fellow in town, when I went into Italy, Signor Ricardo Ligones, one of the ancient house of the Armenian amba.s.sadors; if he be alive, he shall be our cook.WILD. Is he ex
- 100 [_Exeunt omnes._ SCENE III._Enter_ WANTON _and her_ MAID, _with her lap full of things_.WANTON. Bid them ply him close, and flatter him, and rail upon the old lady and the captain: and, do you hear, give him some hints to begin the story of his life. Do i