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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
- 901 FOOTNOTES: [394] [Old copy, _him_.][395] Verstegan, in his "Rest.i.tution of Decayed Intelligence," 1634, p. 126, gives the following account of the origin of this term: "As this Lady (_i.e._, Rowena) was very beautiful, so was she of a very comely dep
- 902 [406] Life, edit. 1759, p. 35.][407] Some writers suppose he was disgusted that Sir William Davenant was appointed to succeed Ben Jonson as poet laureate, in the year 1637.][408] He was appointed to the post of Historiographer by the Parliament.][409] Thi
- 903 ROS. Yes, my lord, With every circ.u.mstance: the time, the place, And manner of his death; that 'tis believed, And told for news with as much confidence, As if 'twere writ in Gallo-belgicus.[415]POL. That's well, that's very well: now, Roscio, Follow
- 904 PHIL. Heyday!What, in love, Clerimont? I lay my life 'tis so; Thou couldst not praise her with such pa.s.sion else.CLER. I know not; I slept well enough last night: But if thou saw'st her once, I would not give A farthing for thy life; I tell thee, Phil
- 905 LUCE. I dare not, sir.FRANK. Do it, I say, and he shall father it.LUCE. He knows he never touched me, sir.FRANK. That's all one; lay it to him, we'll out-face him 'tis his: but hark! he is coming, I hear the music. Swear thou wilt do thy best to make h
- 906 FRANK. This is closed up beyond our wishes. [_Exeunt._ _Manet_ LUCE.LUCE. I am undone, unless thy wit, Francisco, Can find some means to free me from this fool, Who would have thought the sot could be so gross To take upon him what he never did, To his ow
- 907 PSEC. He would not please his tailor and his barber; For they got more for your sake by their lord Than they have got this twenty years before.LEU. Ah, Psectas, Psectas! can my father think That I can love Count Virro? one so old-- That were enough to mak
- 908 POL. Admit him. Now, friend, your business with me.SER. If you be the Lord Polymetes.POL. The same.EUG. My lord, I come from Athens with such news As I daresay is welcome, though unlook'd for; Your son Eugenio lives, whom you so long Thought dead, and mo
- 909 FRANC. How comes this fool possess'd? he never touch'd her, I dare swear.FRANK. No more, Francisco, as you will answer it.Parson, set forward there.FRANC. Stay.If this will not suffice, Sumner, come forth. FRANK. A sumner! we are all betray'd._Enter_ S
- 910 ACT III._Enter_ POLYMETES, ROSCIO, EUGENIO, _and_ PSECTAS.POL. I cannot credit it, nor think that she, Of all the n.o.ble youth of Sicily, Should make so strange a choice; that none but he, None but the son of my vow'd enemy, Must be her mate: it strikes
- 911 I tell thee, sweet, a face not half so fair As thine hath arm'd whole nations in the field, And brought a thousand s.h.i.+ps to Tenedos, To sack lamented Troy; and should I fear To venture one poor life, and such a life As would be lost in not possessing
- 912 EUG. Very poor.VIR. Would you not gladly take a course to get money, and a great sum of money?EUG. Yes, gladly, if your lords.h.i.+p would but show me the way.VIR. Hark ye.[431]EUG. O, my lord, conscience! VIR. Fie! never talk of conscience; and for law,
- 913 POL. Come, have you done? Officers, away with him.[_Exit_ PHILOCLES.I'll be your keeper, but I'll look better to you.But, Roscio, you and I must about the business: Sir, let it be your charge to watch my daughter, And see she send no message any whither
- 914 ALPH. Well, I'll go to him presently. [_Exit_ ALPHONSO.FRANC. Now, my dear Luce, I shall find means to 'quite Thy love, that couldst descend so low as I, When I was nothing, and with such affection.This was my suit still to the powers above, To make me
- 915 KING. I'll further hear the manner of this fact.Avoid the presence--all but the lady; And come not, till I send.POL. I like not this. [_Aside._]VIR. Nor I; here is mad dancing.EUPH. Heaven bless thy suit, thou mirror of thy s.e.x, And best example of tru
- 916 POL. Now we have our ends. [_Exeunt._ KING. Is there no means to save him, no way To get a dispensation for an oath?None that I know, except the court of Rome Will grant one: that's well thought on; I will not spare for gold, and that will do it.Nicanor!
- 917 _Enter_ CONSTABLE _and_ WATCH.[435]CON. Come, fellow-watchmen, for now you are my fellows.1ST WATCH. It pleases you to call us so, master constable.CON. I do it to encourage you in your office--it is a trick that we commanders have: your great captains ca
- 918 ACT V._Enter_ FRANKLIN, SHALLOW, LUCE, FRANCISCO _in a parson's habit, and a true_ PARSON _otherwise attired_.FRANK. I'll take your counsel, sir, I'll not be seen in't, But meet you when 'tis done: you'll marry them?FRAN. Fear not that, sir; I'll d
- 919 LUCE. Do not reject me, father.FRANC. But for the fault that she must answer for, or shame she should endure in court, behold her yet an untouched virgin. Cus.h.i.+on, come forth; here, Signior Shallow, take your child unto you, make much of it, it may pr
- 920 Farewell, my dearest love; live thou still happy; And may some one of more desert than I Be bless'd in the enjoying what I lose!I need not wish him happiness that has thee, For thou wilt bring it; may he prove as good As thou art worthy.LEU. Dearest Phil
- 921 POL. Lord Euphues and Philocles, forgive me.To make amends I know 's impossible, For what my malice wrought; but I would fain Do somewhat that might testify my grief And true repentance.EUG. That is that I look'd for. [_Aside._]EUPH. Y' are kind too la
- 922 FINISH.……
- 923 A Select Collection of Old English Plays.VOL 14.by Robert Dodsley.THE REBELLION._EDITION._ _The Rebellion; a Tragedy: As it was acted nine dayes together, and divers times since, with good applause, by his Majesties Company of Revells. Written by Thomas
- 924 SCENE--_Seville._ THE REBELLION.ACT I., SCENE 1._Enter severally_, ALERZO, FULGENTIO, _and_ PANDOLPHO.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
- 925 EVAD. I wonder why he makes gowns so imperfect; They need so many says.NUR. Truly, in sooth, and in good deed, la, madam, The stripling is in love: deep, deep in love.EVAD. Ha!Does his soul shoot with an equal dart From the commanding bow of love's great
- 926 GIO. 'Tis so, I'll further; I love her, madam, With as rich a flame as anchorites Do saints they offer prayers unto.I hug her memory as I would embrace The breath of Jove when it p.r.o.nounced me Happy, or prophet that should speak my After-life great,
- 927 VER. How, master, to the wars?O. TAI. Ay, to the wars, Vermin; what say'st thou to that?VER. Nothing, but that I had rather stay at home: O, the good penny-bread at breakfasts that I shall lose! Master, good master, let me alone to live with honest John,
- 928 GOV. Speak, Antonio, your counsel.ANT. Nothing.GOV. How?ANT. So; And could my wish obtain a sudden grant From yon tribunal, I would crave my senses Might be all steeped in Lethe, to forget What Machiavel has spoken.MACH. Ha! it takes unto my wish. [_Aside
- 929 [_Exit_ ANTONIO.MACH. I'm wounded; else, coward Antonio, Thou shouldst not fly from my revengeful arm: But may my curses fall upon thy head, Heavy as thunder! may'st thou die Burthen'd with ulcerous sins, whose very weight May sink thee down to h.e.l.l
- 930 For my Evadne's sake, something I'll do Shall save his life.[_Exit._ MACH. To prison with him!ANT. Farewell, Evadne, as thou lovest the peace Of our dead ancestors, cease to love So loath'd a thing; a tailor!Why, 'tis the scorn of all; therefore be ru
- 931 SOL. The bold Spaniards, setting aside all cold acknowledgment of any odds, or notice of the number our army is made proud with, sends from their walls more lightning than great Jove affrights the trembling world with, when the air is turn'd to mutiny.RA
- 932 ACT III., SCENE 1._Enter_ MACHIAVEL, FULGENTIO, PANDOLPHO, ALERZO, GIOVANNO, _with_ RAYMOND _prisoner, and the rest of the_ TAILORS.ALL THE TAI. A tailor, a tailor, a tailor!GIO. Raymond, y' are now my prisoner: Blind chance has favour'd, where your tho
- 933 MACH. It is not ripe, my love.The king, I hear, applauds my justice; Wherefore I've sent order that Count Antonio, Once being taken, be sent to Filford Mill; There ground to death.AUR. What for his sister?MACH. Thy envy: she I have banish'd; And her goo
- 934 PHIL. O, 'tis an age, I'd rather have it said, Philippa than a prisoner were dead.[_Exit._ _Enter a Criminal Judge and Officers, with_ ANTONIO; PETRUCHIO _and_ AURELIA _meet him, with Servants_.JUD. Captain Petruchio, take this condemn'd man Into your
- 935 CAPT. No more, I say, it is a parcel of excellent mutton: I'll cut it up myself. Come, minion.[_Exit_ TROTTER. _The Captain takes his dagger and winds it about her hair, and sticks it in the ground. Thunder and lightning._ EVAD. Kill me! O, kill me! Rath
- 936 AUR. Good father, let Aurelia, your daughter, Do this same act of justice; let me tread The pin:[33] the fact of his being so foul, so hateful, Has lent me, though a maid, such fort.i.tude.PET. Thou hast thy wish, do't boldly; 'tis a deed That, in the i
- 937 With what a speed she flew into his arms!EVAD. Some power, that hearkens to the prayer of virgins, Has been distill'd to pity at my fortunes, And made Evadne happy.AUR. Now my longing, That was grown big, is with your sight delivered Of a joy that will b
- 938 MACH. The crown's enjoyment can yield no content Without the presence of my Auristella.ANT. Crown's enjoyment!O villain!MACH. Why stir you not? fetch me some skilful man, My kingdom shall reward him; if his art Chain her departing soul unto her flesh Bu
- 939 Shall I still long, yet lose my longing still?Is there no art to mount the lofty seat?No engine that may make us ever great?Must we be still styl'd subjects, and for fear Our closest whispers reach the awing ear, Not trust the wind?RAY. Be calm, my love;
- 940 [_Exit._ 1ST TAI. Now, my masters, are we to do; d'ye mark me? do-- 3D TAI.[43] Do! what do?--Act, act, you fool you: do, said you, what do? you a player, you a plasterer, a mere dirt-dauber, and not worthy to be mentioned with Vermin, that exact actor:
- 941 _Enter the_ KING, ANTONIO, OLD TAILOR, EVADNE, AURELIA, _above_. MACHIAVEL, RAYMOND, PHILIPPA, AURISTELLA, GIOVANNO, _the Colonels with a Guard below_.MACH. Pray, take your seats.RAY. [_To_ PHILIPPA.] Not well? prythee, retire.PHIL. Sick, sick at heart.AU
- 942 AUR. Alas! my lord is wounded.RAY. Come hither, Frenchman, make a dying man Bound to thy love; go to Philippa, Sickly as she is, bring her unto me; Or my flying soul will not depart in peace else: Prythee, make haste: yet stay, I have not breath To pay th
- 943 KING. Antonio was thy son; I sent for thee For to confirm it, but he is dead: Be merciful, and do not curse the hand That gave it him, though it deserve it.AUR. O my griefs, are you not strong enough To break my heart? Pray, tell me--tell me true Can it b
- 944 PHILIP, _Prince of Spain_, } ALVERO, _a n.o.bleman, and father-in-law to Eleazar, and father to Hortenzo and Maria_.MENDOZA, _the cardinal_.CHRISTOFERO, } } _two n.o.blemen of Spain_.RODERIGO, } HORTENZO, _lover to Isabella, and son to Alvero_.ZARACK, } }
- 945 ELE. Ugly as h.e.l.l.QUEEN-M. Thou lov'dst me once.ELE. That can thy b.a.s.t.a.r.ds tell.QUEEN-M. What is my sin? I will amend the same.ELE. Hence, strumpet! use of sin makes thee past shame. QUEEN-M. Strumpet!ELE. Ay, strumpet.QUEEN-M. Too true 'tis, w
- 946 ELE. Hah!ALV. Was not the queen here with you?ELE. Queen with me!Because, my lord, I'm married to your daughter, You, like your daughter, will grow jealous: The queen with me! with me a Moor, a devil, A slave of Barbary, a dog--for so Your silken courtie
- 947 _Enter_ PHILIP _hastily_.PHIL. I know he is not dead; I know proud death Durst not behold such sacred majesty.Why stand you thus distracted? Mother, brother, My Lord Mendoza, where's my royal father?QUEEN-M. Here lies the temple of his royal soul.FER. He
- 948 ELE. I'll tie no golden feathers to my wings.ALV. Shall they thus tread thee down, which once were glad To lacquey by thy conquering chariot-wheels?ELE. I care not: I can swallow more sour wrongs.ALV. If they triumph o'er thee, they'll spurn me down.EL
- 949 PHIL. I do, Fernando, yet am I no traitor.MEN. Fernando, I am wrong'd; by Peter's chair, Mendoza vows revenge. I'll lay aside My cardinal's hat, and in a wall of steel, The glorious livery of a soldier, Fight for my late-lost honour.KING. Cardinal!MEN
- 950 QUEEN-M. By this hand.ELE. When? good, good; when?QUEEN-M. This night, if Eleazar give consent.ELE. Why, then, this night Philip shall not live To see you kill him! Is he not your son?A mother be the murd'rer of a brat That liv'd within her! ha!
- 951 ELE. Say, will you?BOTH. Ay.ELE. Why start you back and stare?Ha! are you afraid?COLE. O, no, sir, no! but, truth to tell, Seeing your face, we thought of h.e.l.l. ELE. h.e.l.l is a dream.COLE. But none do dream in h.e.l.l.ELE. Friars, stand to her and me
- 952 Here's h.e.l.l, here's heaven: here if you stay, You're gone, you're gone; friar Crab and I Will here dance friskin, whilst you fly.Gag us, bind us, come put on; The gag's too wide; so gone, gone, gone!PHIL. O, well, I'll com
- 953 By heaven! I will not kiss the cheek of sleep, Till I have fetched those traitors to the court!KING. Why, this sorts right: he gone, his beauteous wife Shall sail into the naked arms of love.[_Aside._ QUEEN-M. Why, this is as it should be; he once gone, H
- 954 [_Exeunt_ OMNES.SCENE II._Enter_ KING, _with his rapier drawn in one hand, leading_ MARIA, _seeming affrighted, in the other_.MARIA. O, kill me, ere you stain my chast.i.ty.KING. My hand holds death; but love sits in mine eye. Exclaim not, dear Maria; do
- 955 MARIA. Imperious queen, I am as free from murder as thyself; Which I will prove, if you will hear me speak.The king is living.ROD. If he liv'd, his breath would beat within his breast.QUEEN-M. The life he leads, Maria, thou shalt soon partic.i.p.ate.
- 956 ELE. He that first opes his lips, I'll drive his words Down his wide throat upon my rapier's point.The king is murder'd, and I'll answer it.I am dishonour'd, and I will revenge it.Bend not your dangerous weapons at my breast; Thin
- 957 [_Exit._ _Enter_ CRAB _and_ COLE, _two friars, with a rout of stinkards following them_. CRAB. Ah! brother, tis best so. Now we have drawn them to a head, well begin here i the market-place. Tut, so long as we be commanded by the mother-queen, well say he
- 958 1ST STINK. How? mean you by the ears?CRAB. No, but compare them.COLE. Do but compare them.2D STINK. Zounds! we say again, comparisons are odious.1ST STINK. But say on, say on. [_Pieces go off; friars die._ ALL. Treason! treason! every man s.h.i.+ft for hi
- 959 PHIL. You lie.CAR. Lie!PHIL. Lie! a pox upon't, cardinal, come on, Second the desperate vanguard which is mine, And where I'll die or win. Follow my sword The b.l.o.o.d.y way I lead it, or, by heaven, I'll play the devil, and mar all! we�
- 960 PHIL. Puh! never swear.Thou know'st 'tis for a kingdom which we fight, And for that who'll not venture to h.e.l.l-gates?Come, Moor, I'm arm'd with more than complete steel-- The justice of my quarrel: when I look Upon my father�
- 961 QUEEN-M. I would the Moor's d.a.m.nation were the ransom Of all the innocent blood that has been shed In this black day: I care not for the Moor; Love to my kingdom's peace makes me put on This habit of a suppliant; shall I speed?CAR. You shall,
- 962 ELE. Well so; you turn my brains; you mar the face Of my attempts i' the making; for this chaos, This lump of projects, ere it be lick'd over, 'Tis like a bear's conception; stratagems, Being but begot and not got out, are like Charg&#
- 963 CAR. Yes, upon thee, Like to the ruins of a tower, to grind Thy body into dust. Traitor and b.a.s.t.a.r.d, I do arrest thee of high treason.PHIL. Ha!Traitor and b.a.s.t.a.r.d! and by thee? my weapons!CAR. Lay hands upon him!PHIL. Ah! you're best do s
- 964 ALV. What, Cardinal Mendoza?QUEEN-M. Yes, yes, even he.ELE. Spaniard or Moor, the saucy slave shall die.CAR. I Philip's father?[_Comes down, the rest talk._ QUEEN-M. Nay, deny me not; Now may a kingdom and my love be got.CAR. Those eyes and tongue b
- 965 CAR. Hear me but speak.ELE. Away.ALV. Words are ill-spent, Where wrong sits judge; you're arm'd, if innocent.CAR. Well then, I must to prison: Moor, no more.Heavens, thou art just! Prince Philip I betray'd, And now myself fall; guile with g
- 966 ZAR. O, for necks, my lord?ELE. Ay; that, that, that; away, and yoke them. Stay, _Enter_ BALTHAZAR.Here's Balthazar: go both, teach them to preach Through an iron pillory. I'll spread a net To catch Alvero; O, he is old and wise; They are unfit
- 967 HOR. You d.a.m.ned ministers of villany, Sworn to d.a.m.nation by the book of h.e.l.l; You maps of night, you element of devils, Why do you yoke my neck with iron chains?BAL. Many do borrow chains, but you have this Gratis for nothing.CAR. Slaves, unbind
- 968 TWO MOORS. Try, try; he's gone.ELE. So him next, he next, and next him; and then---- ALL. Worse than d.a.m.nation! fiend, monster of men!ELE. Why, when! Down, down!CAR. Slave, as thou thrust me down Into this dungeon, so sink thou to h.e.l.l. QUEEN-M
- 969 PHIL. Then I profess, ay, and protest it too, That heres for him; what will not Philip do! HOR. See where he comes. _Enter the two Moors._ BAL. Zarack, what do I see? Hortenzo and Philippo? who did this? ZAR. I, Balthazar. BAL. Thou art half-d.a.m.nd fo
- 970 ELE. My lords, because you shall believe me too, Go to the castle: I will follow you.ALV. Thanks to the mighty Moor; and, for his fame, Be more in honour than thou art in name: But let me wish the other prisoners well, The queen and cardinal: let all have
- 971 [_Embraces her._ Behold thy Philip ransom'd from that prison, In which the Moor had cloistered him.HOR. And here's Hortenzo.ELE. Then am I betrayed and cosen'd in My own designs: I did contrive Their ruin; but their subtle policy Hath blast
- 972 ARA. I ask it not to know his privacies; for if His freedom doth not acquaint me with them, Let them be secret still: yet I could wish An opportunity to tell him A little circ.u.mspection would Be handsome, and set a gloss upon all.Times might be chosen o
- 973 'Twas chance, no policy of mine, betray'd his privacies: Ill-offices are not the engines I desire To rise by, only love to the young prince Makes me reveal them.EPH. Nay, nay, without apology; If it were treason, it should not go down The sooner
- 974 PLAN. Come, I will go; thou shalt not ask in vain.But let us kiss at parting; it may be Our last, perhaps-- I cannot now move one foot, though all the furies Should whip me forward with their snakes.Woman, thou stol'st my heart--just now thou stol�
- 975 AND. Now we do see an end of all our mischiefs; The prince hath gone from court, and the king Hath sent for us. Doth not the name Strike terror to thy curdling blood?LIB. No, by my troth, not at all.As far as I see, you're better than you were.I'
- 976 _Enter_ NICETES _and_ ARAMNES, _with some Captains and Soldiers_.NIC. Yonder's the bones o' th' army ralli'd up Together, but they look'd rather as if They came home from being soundly beaten.Methinks such tatter'd rogues sho
- 977 Consider on't.AND. You may command your va.s.sal.KING. That's kindly said.AND. But--I humbly take my leave; Goodness protect you![_Exit._ SCENE VI._Enter_ RINATUS, EUBULUS, _and_ ARAMNES.EPH. Wait on that lady forth.RIN. Would there were not a
- 978 'Tis well, dear Plangus (if thy divinity deserve not A more lasting name) that thou art come To take revenge on that most traitorous son, In's father's presence, who detests his baseness More than thyself can do---- PLAN. Excuse us, dear Ri
- 979 INO. Hear me; Ask me no questions, nor answer me; or if you do, By Heav'n, I'll never speak more. It is revenge You'd have, and 'tis a great one, a very n.o.ble one, To kill yourself! Be confident, your greatest foes Wish nothing more.
- 980 SCENE IV.AND. And is my love then scorn'd?The chaos of eternal night possess my breast, That it may not see to startle at any Undertakings, though they would make Medusa's snakes curl into rings for fear.If greatness have inspired me with though
- 981 O, art thou come? Stay, let me breathe, or else---- LIB. Nay, spare your pains, I know it all; I saw him Drink it with as great greediness as usurers Do unthrifts' lands, or jealous husbands confirm Their cuckolds.h.i.+ps by ocular testimony.AND. It
- 982 PLAN. Whence should this kindness come? and on a sudden too?A strange alteration! She who a day ago Forgot the vows her soul was fetter'd in, And but this morning tempted me to a sin I can scarce think on without fear, should on An instant be careful
- 983 RIN. As sure as death, this is one of the rogues That hath his roguery to act, and comes in like Something that hath brought news in th' latter end Of a play. Now shall we have some strange discovery-- How the rogue stares!LIB. No sooner had we shut
- 984 Nothing more usual than for those folks, who Have by sinister means reach'd to the top O' th' mountain of their hopes, but they throw down And forget the power that rais'd them; indeed Necessity enforceth them, lest others climb By the
- 985 EPH. Can this be true, Andromana?AND. Do you believe it?EPH. I wish I had not cause---- AND. Sir, every syllable was true he told you; Whose words I thus confirm.[_She takes_ PLANGUS'S _dagger, flings it at_ EPHORBAS, _and kills him_. EPH. I'm s
- 986 _Chorist, Constable, Watch, Country Boors, Trepanners, Pages, with other Officials._ _The Scene, Seville._ LADY ALIMONY.ACT I., SCENE 1._Enter_ TRILLO. TRIL. Hey, boys! never did my spirit chirp more cheerfully since I had one. Here is work for Platonics.
- 987 TIM. The devil he has! What furious Mercury might this be?MES. Nay, sir, I know not what he may be; but, sure, if he be what he seems to be, he can be no less than one of our city Hectors; but I hope your spirit will conjure him, and make him a Clinias. H
- 988 _After the third sound_-- PROLOGUE._Madams, you're welcome; though our poet show A severe brow, it is not meant to you.Your virtues, like your features, they are such, They neither can be priz'd nor prais'd too much: Lov'd and admir�
- 989 FRI. Our faith is not confirm'd by oratory.If man, he cannot falsify his trust In offices of love; we leave our own For your enjoyment; were there piety In making love the anvil of your treason?No, no; we shall not entertain a thought, That may sugge
- 990 FRI. Yet let our conditions Bring them within our lists. Well, our surprise Must make you parties i' th' discovery.ALL. For love's sake, how?FRI. As thus: we stand at bar T' express our grievances: and you must set Grave censors or exa
- 991 SAL. Her rich deserts, Adorn'd with such choice native faculties, And grac'd with art to make them more complete, In humane reason should exempt her youth From such a servile yoke.MOR. In ancient times, When wisdom guarded senates, a decree, Con
- 992 TIL. This exceeds All spousal suffering, which preceding times In our Italian stories ever read, Or in their sable annals register'd.FLO. Much of Sir Tristram Shorttool (so I think Men call your husband) have I ofttimes heard, And his penurious humou
- 993 PLAT. A just proportion.LADIES. We submit to it.2D BOY. And so ye may well, if your husbands will yield to't.1ST BOY. These be nimble shavers, Nick, as well as sharers; they know how to cut large thongs out of other folks'leather.[131] [_Aside._
- 994 CAR. So, good Sir Jasper, you've your doom in folio.[133][_Aside._ SIR ART. Receive me, dear Julippe.JUL. For what end?Have you stol'n from your colours? O, I hate A coward worser than a maidenhead Basely bestow'd. These Paphlagonian birds-
- 995 KNIGHTS. Farewell, inconstant ladies.LADIES. Adieu, constant Acteons.[_Exeunt omnes, the Ladies ushered in by their Confidants._ ACT III., SCENE 1._Enter_ TWO CITIZENS. 1ST CIT. Is it for certain that the duke's voyage holds for Salamanca?2D CIT. No
- 996 Let's then some voyage take in hand To get us means by sea or land.Come, follow me, my boys, come follow me, And if thou die, I'll die with thee._ [_They join in the close._ _Hast thou a wife? I have one too, And children some, as well as thou;
- 997 CON. Let them then take themselves to their heels, and thank G.o.d you are so well rid of them.WATCH. One word more, good constable, and then good night. Be these the spirits that allure our children with spice and trinkets to their schippers, and so conv
- 998 _Enter_ SIR AMADIN PUNY, SIR JASPER SIMPLETON, SIR ARTHUR HEARTLESS, SIR GREGORY SHAPELESS, SIR TRISTRAM SHORTTOOL, SIR REUBEN SCATTERGOOD.SIR REU. Doubt nothing, my fellow-knights of Hornsey; the plot is so neatly and nimbly laid as it cannot but hold st
- 999 _Enter_ DRAWER.DRAW. Your pleasures, madams?ALL. What hast within, boy?DRAW. Cakes, creams, stewed prunes, olivets, tongues, tarts, and---- CAV. What else, you Jack-of-all-trades! Doth your mistress take us, you nitty-napry rascal, for her bordella's
- 1000 LADY. They come, they come, they come!ALL. Let's entertain them with a joint neglect.SCENE IV._As their husbands pa.s.s along, they take occasion of discourse one with another._ KNIGHTS. Let us pa.s.s by them with regardless scorn. SIR REU. Pox on th