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think, unanswerable. I will defer the judgment of your

yed. But as for them, most ung

epart, if you will, till we send for you. Anamnes

t redit.] He stays here, expe

NA S

M, clad in azure taffeta, dimpled with stars, a crown of stars on his head, and a scarf resembling the zodiac overthwart the shoulders: next a page clad in green, with a terrestrial globe before TERRA, in a green velvet gown stuck with branches and flowers

M, PHANTASTES, COMM

e objects that d

jects that man's

, that the orb

cuit of his larg

o the power o

ow what profit

rds, that speak

air grandchild to

asements of t

ashed heaven

ess it embrac'

rst appearance

lics of the h

hield, soon as

ices that abh

by sea and la

ay, recomfort

leness, and sta

orld to daily

looking-glas

s self hersel

e hue, not

falsehood, o

ght eye colou

f measure an

s by which ea

ers to the wi

onging soul b

ation and dee

ement she her

ther, whence sh

g's that, that's da

presents t

n my c

if he thundered

ne could und

colures, the

oles, and lin

zenith, and

th and ep

d planets, with

ntal reg

epicyctes,

isus, is your h

trepidationis tha

ory, set him a-

lay with his wife Alcmena, Coelum was in this taking for t

; you'll put the fresh

ics, epicycte

ne and quadrate

rth: also the

ake the day both

ations, risi

ars, chronic,

rizon or

skill in dee

oul derived

en as good for him he had thundered. But I pray you, who taught him to speak and use

motions, he knows not

's of Copernicus' opinion, a

he midst of the s

h nothing, an

ear what Terra ca

rdship, 'twere an indec

(I shall never forget him, he was a very pretty youth), the Eart

lus hid his head then, he

nd 'tis likely Terra sweat much, and so took cold pre

ermine added

the man that

ince as a def

the force of pre

his upstart gentlemen. Either Africa must breed more monsters,[263] or you make fewer gentlemen, Master Herald, for you have spent all my devices already. But since you are here, let me ask you a question

s are one coat made of two Frenc

you, Visus, what joy is

object of mine, subje

y speak

ful, he dares not

that? tell me

thing of itsel

n as a thing

nlike as cle

int it every

of it a man's

than a feathe

ace nor room,

have you brought a boy wit

ndeed. My lord, if he have a Sphinx, I have an O

hing is tha

nk 'tis a woman, for first a woman is nothing of he

t wherein is

: in peevishness,

rating, lying, cogging,

's right side is, for a cross wife is always contrary to her husband, ever

m nolo, Dindym

eather-doth any man m

aw a cardinal weigh them once, and the

entlewomen wear feathers oftentimes. Can

mber, 'tis their on

y you the last verse?

the room now-a-days; 'tis not a woman, questionless. Shall I be put down with a r

eureka] I have it: 'tis a m

. Sirrah let's see it, for d

What of

is excellent, especially when 'tis

N. Phan

shoes become my hands and feet so well. Heuresis, tie my shoe-strings with a new knot-this point was scarce well-tru

rself. Phantastes, as I remember-Anamnestes,

himself, so, if you remember, there was an old ill-favoured, precious-nosed, babber-lipped, beetle-b

y -- I could live an

isus, your objects I must needs say, are admirable, if the house and i

forehead of Mou

rs the coast

adow of two p

ansion-houses,

ens: both twins,

r, which by th

esplendent

bright eyes of

ooms those lodgi

ooms in form

ther like the

f, of nature's s

moat the ot

movable by

hole compactur

hamber is mo

rnish'd and tr

nothing. I have known ma

's library, I read such a thing in their great book of mo

s a lesser room

llest, but passe

tter: built mo

nsparent of pu

s mirror and t

, bright beaco

ght, quiver of

t, and immed

s of thing

inual watch

hurt invade o

e (if pleasant

them. From th

ord, an entry

I hourly to

isdom by exp

nvention, ple

ation, that a

obes of flowi

Visus have d

ious brow with

estes, see who'

sently,

dea, or the sight of Nineveh,[266] Babylon, London, or some Stourbridge-fair monsters;

nours with such toys, neither coul

sider your worth; mea

about the stage, and

NA U

TUS,

admirable, swanlike, heavenly! hark, O most mellifluous strain

ow, Phantastes!

musical head is always

ning of the song; by the choice timpan of mine ear, I never heard a better!

ow not what to

o descant, and how easily they came off with the last r

EN. Au

d Apollo, for th

hou in fitter h

most music

le concert! ha

t hear th

in my opinion, they rest

en deaf? do you

ound the heave

ntinual motio

ney-

hat tune do

e as never was, nor

now mark

st, lis

O sweet, sw

my heart envies

gold-strung h

estial music o

as ever Pyt

lent diapaso

y foe,[269] as dis

, so the bell clinketh. I prot

eh? nay, if the heavens fid

e nothing but the passing measures[271]. Mem

t some four thousand years ago, when the s

ran sweet division upon Saturn the bass. The first tune they played was Sellenger's rou

omes it we cann

rk it. As I remember, the Egyptian Catadupes[273] never heard the roa

other objects to judge

he rarest and

cal, divine

duller ears can

ur lordship to w

ouring grove: th

treble of the

tirring of the

htful descant

uring of the bub

ncert of goo

babbling echo

ony concave o

anished music

rs full with red

ingly, for I grow weary of sitting. Come

unt

RTUS, SCA

ANAMNESTES

: is't not better to go to a fe

hink Auditus will ma

should he carry th

e for junkets, unless thy stomach lies in thine ears; for there is nothing but commending this song's delicate air, that ode's dainty air, this sonnet's sweet air, that madrig

r fiddlers be rather camels, for by their

the day but stretch and grate their small guts. But,

, stay a little, l

ce of wine will convert water into wine; why therefore should n

is turned chemic, sirrah

with a continual and equal blast? ha? I will have my bell

chemics, seeking to turn lead into g

or nine concave encircled arms, wherein I will put equal poises:

Heu

est to contain th

member your pr

quicksilver is the tyrant of

resis? H

[277], nor mineral: [Greek: heureka, he

sirrah, and thus much m

na

ANAMNESTES a

ACIO par

s disagree, let us have words and no blows. Heu

abusing me, and takes the

sirrah? I am thy b

rning, have I been the patron of all mechanical devices, to be thy inferior? I tell th

a bloody murderer; and thus I prove it: In the quiet years of Saturn (I remember Jupiter was then but in his swathe-bands), thou rentest the bowels of the earth, and broughtest gold to light, whose beauty, like Hele

dmirablest invention of all others, for whereas

kill as many at one shot as t

urdering art thou tha

a means to withstand the stroke of the most violent culverin

oolpacks or mud w

it him, for I love not to be a

ell-camphired[279], then did he put in a single bullet, and a great quantity of drop-shot both round and lachrymal. This done, he sets me a boy sixty paces off, just point

a, in the year of the world -- by one Magnes, whose nam

d, he comes back, and gives fire to the touch

ine of the world, heaven, earth, sea, and air, return to the missha

y were all arrested by the serjeant of nature, and hovered in the air round about it, till they had lost the force of their motion, clasping themselves close to the

s a very ar

nted him the field, I conveyed into the heart of my buckler an adamant, and when we met, I drew all the foins of his rapier, whithersoever he intended them, or howsoever I g

cause thy wit, Mendacio, always draws men

o make the bullet shot from the enemy to return immediately upon the g

thou sawest men grow wise, and beget so fair a child as Peace of so foul and d

, Nam, urge h

ore than weapons, guns, wars, or poisons, and would destroy all,

his, I devised pillories for su

l'st me

and are parte

ght as long as I am h

er me great wrong to h

fall out

way; you are Inven

, sir; w

you Rem

ll, sir

tor betwixt you, and make you both frien

, if you will n

in some so

ith them, holding

, and Remembrance on the other, as he'll be sure never to be found with truth i

and the rest are

. W

. W

A SEC

age, a page before him, bearing his target, the field Sable, a heart Or; next him TRAGEDUS apparelled in black velvet,

ORY, PHANTASTES, HEU

delighted with music; how fast we were tied by the ears to the consort of Voi

thinks I should have known him; O, 'tis Comedus, 'tis so; but he has become nowadays somet

my lord, Comed

h, both twins,

death, weddi

rears himself i

the first, prou

l, and bitter

doth frown at fi

midst, but in t

l with a swee

ad, distain'd wi

k with wrinkled lau

h nobles, king

rs, great hopes,

es with men of

l, small hopes, a

broider'd with

purfled round

tect and vir

mirror, and lif

primum jam a pri

is, spectatore

ch with no action; let's hear T

r faciam? non ea

ssor ult

our bays, do it thus-Quid igitur, &c. [He act

t absurd, unless we should come to a comedy, as gentl

d the hand, you know, is harbinger to the tongue, and p

s acquainted with the quality of the house y

sides of fair

ouses passin

ter by Dame N

fingers have a

porches of so

mand the pass

whereof in

ght are shut,

te all come

d the open ea

older sound sho

nice composu

uilder wisely

each port with

eanders, like

fram'd t'enclo

eof is plac'd

uch the figu

entrance to a

with a mall

all words and

il, and so

ing porch[286], t

hamber to your

chief justice

porter, Micr

h treasure, br

se, knowledge of

reat heroes' v

rave speeches,

, neat jests, an

s, to ease th

our lordship's

onduce the ple

struments with

us have deser

ignified bef

wing which way the balance of the cause will decline. When I have h

show about the stag

NA T

, his field Vert, a hound Argent, two boys with casting-bottles[287], and two censers with incense[288], another with a velvet cushion stuck with flow

in change of motherless rosewater; then take the best ladanum, benzoine, both storaxes, ambergris, civet, and musk: incorporate them to

seem, represents Odour, h

y lord, and ha

lowers and odo

weet and excel

aters, which if

art would wish

body were tran

ing with their contraries; for none can wear civet, but they are suspected of a proper b

NA Q

neck bare, hung with Indian leaves, his face brown, painted with blue stripes, in his nose swines' teeth, on his head a painted wicker crown wi

ll is here! Is this one o

r only scent i

llow is that, which smo

reat and puissan

varroh pufuer s

non, Indi co

this, in my opinion

ipo

t was the language the Arcadians sp

at signifies

rinidado, that, in being conquered, conquered all

e inglues co

scoth ma pu

of all agues, your guts' only salv

I parda pora si de grat

spartera

and Tellus, kin to the fath

pillostuphe, pas

llisinfe, caro

of good fellowship, adamant of company, swift wind to spread the wings of time, hated of none but tho

ant. I promise you, a god of great denomination;

tus, as they have done befor

midst of Cephal

rontispiece u

ging built in

ed with two pr

eof most richl

earls and spa

with emerauds

d and flaming

whereof, in c

between two sp

is 'twixt the

ucting in and

ne all the

arching, if t

e the lungs wit

kewise minist

bour brain-per

head, and make y

and sharp[29

memory: from

otion incens

irit more apt fo

ousand more

of your lords

rown, if I de

company about the

NA Q

d of leaves and grapes, a white suit, and over it a thin sarcenet to his foot, in his hand a spear wreathed with vine leaves, on his arm a ta

me, Gustus. Have you

Appetitus foll

acchus, you are so

ndecorum to bring Bacchus alone; you sho

hey be not dry; besides, I could not get red herring

at, never a

iambics in his mouth, an

go thy way, thou hadst best; for blind men that cannot see how wick

orsooth: Bee

dants, I am sure; he cannot endure the smell of malt. Where's Ceres? O, well, well, is the march-pane

ade, sweets, &c.; deliver it round

eese. What, but a pennyworth! It is just the measure of his nose that sold it! Lamb's

l: it was first invented by Plut

flaming dragon of Hesperia with the apples of that orchard, he

s, let's hear y

the lowly bas

ac'd not much

ove by wondro

s wrought smooth

ble fair from I

or directly

llis of comp

ll that may a

f Microcosm

ng board like

ourly sit, a

rinks needful

day do I p

us kitchen of t

ll-boil'd, is

mbers, well r

ly of strength

t this nursing[

the realm wo

lord, with al

t, could not pr

ntastes; nor

f, were't not

e with props o

ake us: for who

ous pain hav

lls and sour

ad not valia

long ere th

ole Microcos

nce, above the

hether it be commodious or necessary, the resolution whereof

show about the s

NA S

fore; TACTUS, a

cutcheon, a t

, forsooth! the

oil'd with wen

uch anger, Tactus?

had thought, as

jects to have

dering that, of

most, women are

to have repres

pleasure, Ven

gentlema

touching of his

iping of her

leasant reli

ned in the bou

all I long to

have lost thos

scanets, dressings, purls, falls, squares, busks, bodies, scarfs, necklaces, carcanets, rebatoes, borders, tires, fans, palisadoes, puffs, ruffs, cuffs, muffs, pusles, fusles, partlets, frislets, bandlets, fillets, crosslets, pendulets, amulets, annulets, bracelets, and so man

ge that women,

nge in changin

et them pass; Tac

r dignity b

ment of instrum

dex, chamberl

ldier, and mo

secretary, the

andle, and his fo

wrath, and fri

trument: never

f far as our

parts and clim

of life, sprea

at extend fro

y livin

le spider, cl

er web that sp

y but touch the

instantly; so

ender nerves

article of a

ll perceive t

ties, hot, cold,

h, smooth, clamm

e and sharp p

(wounded) se

ns do I teac

things as ma

ass can be n

n than I t

Sense is not

t or cold, the

, the taste's a

lease, I can c

tremble, when

t and biggest

note and firs

ing tree and

ear and see, and

ch, he is count

lord, grant

e is such gr

ou, sirrah Anamnestes, tell the

r lordship'

ANAM

A SEP

h consulting among themselves. _VISUS, AUDITUS, TACTUS, GUSTUS, and OLFACT

essity; both which are either for our queen or for our country; but as the soul is more excellent than the body, so are the Senses that profit the soul to be estimated before those that are needful for the body. Visus and Auditus, serve yourselves. Master Register, give me the crown; because it is better to be well, than simply to be, therefore I judge the crown by right to belong

umbly thank y

syche her majesty: and you, Olfactus, we bestow upon you the chief priesthood of Microcosm, perpetually to of

ur just hands, and will wear it in the

only taster, and great purveyor for all her domini

hip, and rest well conte

Now for yo

speak; I will neither trouble the

pure substance of the heavens, therefore there can be but five Senses in our Microcosm, correspondent to those; as the sight to the heavens, hearing to the air, touching to the earth, smelling to the fire, tasting to the water, by which five means only the understanding is able to apprehend

he only cause of our friendship) to grace my table

know we may by no means omit our daily attendan

ds, my masters, and you, my Lady Lingua. Come, let

NSUS omnes

Master Registe

a little. Let me see

, do you trouble yourself with two p

n will so confidently oppose them

Why

time 49,000 years ago all we were in this very place, and your lordship judged the very

'Tis wondr

ght hand, just as you do now; and Master Phantastes s

u a box on the ear, sirrah, 49

ot remember

elvemonth to come, look y

rtainment had we at cou

, I'll tell y

ker[297] now than I did in

nteriores Sensu

NA O

A, ME

s good. By Commo

ast fram'd a p

friends, whom th

Sense: a sweet p

, a fair step

are and labour

foes together

rown, and be

see my cause

pass'd, sente

be content an

audite to the

leave my hate

uish'd by the

mbassadress of

Phoebe from her

llo's countena

e storms, and wind

and breathe w

h, base slaves,

elves with my

nowing Phoebus

? will not the

l do it; my en

skies, and i

e arctic to

know mine ang

er to hurt, and

me hither qu

. M

hither in

sht[298] thus? here

trust these secr

ught forth reeds,

world of Mida

m in the ear.] D

ver fear that-ther

ou think me so foolis

her, if

of it?-what a stir is here-I war

to supper, and

anker of mi

foil of good

do not tr

t LI

NTUS, SCA

th a bottle

ner, seeing her former plots dispurposed, sends me to an old witch called Acrasia to help to wreak her spite upon the Senses. The old hag, after many an encircled circumstance, and often naming of the dir

A SEC

APULA, APPET

apula beating Appeti

rcharged their stomachs already, and you, sirrah, serve them up a fresh appetite with every new dish. They had burst their guts

en as the bowl to present this medicine to the Senses, and now

sirrah. [

o. I was the man, you know, first brought you into Gustus's service.

, hence; avaunt, cur; avau

me; I am shut out of doors finely. Well, this is my

etitus,

Mendacio,

man, how now? how i

gpipe, that never sounds b

ty, and com's

e ewe that gave suck to a wolf's whelp; I have nursed up my fe

thou go, now thou art

l to some college or o

Why

for there I can dine and sup with them, and rise again as

me thy hand. By this,

ke thy masters thus,

ery loth; but how

tle of wine, come on; g

ha! what good

ds. Do but let the Senses taste of it, and fear

thee, wher

etwixt her and thy masters, and with this drink she would gladly wash out all the relics of their disagreemen

ell. I would fai

ger, lest they have s

shall I requite thy

retop. But hear'st thou? As soon as it is presented, r

I will: adieu

APPE

NA T

CIO s

better than I co

nk, is fallen

o right my

Appetite is

wly cringe pr

ter Gustus; no

chance, to Ling

p, but lets n

rest: 'tis sweet,

once descended

oisome vapours

swagger gallant

or Acrasia's a

dy stir her n

contentious wo

ng there will be

NA Q

A, ME

ou there, Mendaci

ss thee for th

't take? Have th

nd all are well-

e and swear, and

weapons; pots a

d trenchers, fl

oody banquet o

t's to see what

rks in their

himself a --, h

NA Q

, MENDACI

Mendacio!

st be gone, lest in their outrage they should injure you. [Exi

ypole, for the Senses do nothi

Are they not (as I promise

her frenzy. I never knew them

k too much, and are

softly that he cannot hear them. Visus hath drunk himself stark blind, and therefore imagineth himself to be Polyphemus

NA S

PETITUS,

uld but find the

lain, that th

is this

; otherwise cal

ight sun, the day's

h all the worl

ye, that once

n, but now's

see to swe

once lay hands

robb'd me of my

iscreant to a t

embling members

live-warm blo

irst of pain a

asperates gr

see how he grasps for tha

that? a st

, that whilom to

ck that dash'd

the stole bliss

misery!) to n

uides to my u

om'd thus to

to make him the true picture of fortune; how say'st

t; but first I'll tr

Outis, search the

les, and all the

e him, and rev

hinks your eyes

hat calls me Vis

m, playing with hi

Mendacio, t

he comes, he comes; ware, wa

s, falls down,

A SEP

TACTUS, with a great

that thinks hi

t see me out

such mad playfellows: tickle him, Appetitu

here the great a

quer'd three-ch

here the sharp a

ast quail'd thrice

ot these Alcid

ion's jaws, and

this the stoma

udding and a ra

rop the sevenfol

er cleans'd Au

rush a sevenfold

ue swept a well-

e feet and hands

g and fierce i

s throat at one

venison and that s

rcules be thu

ing quean, you

e you not; for

be re

ws VISUS backw

isus, will you be

t VI

here? see, see,

ackward to hi

vice so long

n, Cacus, res

I'll crush th

ltish brains ag

s? ha, ha, ha! Tac

to command,

s? Th'art so; run

ox to satisf

n ass to kee

hell: tell Pluto

cides wants a

pit. Command

erpine; she'll

ou meat, and the d

the next[

eaten path, thou

seway that cond

, and down-hi

prince will not

ain her for h

drag him from

resses, and th

e furies in a

l drown them

jack of beer

im alive to light tobacco-

gone? nay, then

l do thy message s

ules! do not you hear Omphale

ndeed, I know h

r commandres

pose, sweet cen

pes and best de

he mighty s

captive at your

n my voluntar

ice, bless me

rm the harde

twelve new labou

r commandres

she beckons to you to

distaff,

he gone, that I

, stay, take

there, man,

t TA

NA O

ITUS

ange temper are

wits thus top

ctus, Visus

rnames have t

brosia[306] of

t such proud

wish I were m

rtunes cannot s

ented with thi

NA N

m enter] AUDITUS

anger? Auditus

abuse at base O

hallenge me to

? well, I'll pr

tard that e'er

yonder's

ou, Auditus,

Ha,

hat ai

what sa

ath abused

u whisper thus? C

ean forgotten. Why are

us! who da

I say, what's the matter

ould meet me here according to his promise! Mine ears a

, i'faith: ha, ha, ha! Hear you,

cheer at supper

sauc'd with so

h quarrels, 't

my question: hath your su

supper? tell n

'st Olfactus, b

hether you have l

hear them ring? wh

af, and lose

us, now shalt

hanges that a

s will make, whe

! I think he's mad, as

, what'

made me hoarse wit

'st thou of a cre

, I tell you, an

hee! the first crowd w

finding of a

nvention of str

e gittern, vio

hink the lute w

on of a to

parched by A

the concave

test and smallest g

frets, whose

y the skilful l

range a multi

opinion many

tado signif

I by no

n to critic once, we

and carries away

NA D

e of black cobweb lawn down to the foot, over a dusky-coloured taffeta coat, and a crown of poppy-tops on his head, a company

Somnus, sweet So

u sure they be so? oh

an I do? ou

tell you, un

lls down a

ght, right hei

se, life's be

eful nurse, blo

ht's charm, the s

, chiefest e

end, lift up t

es, shake off t

up t

now, how now! O, O

quickly, what

the noble Senses,

fall to rui

ady helping-ha

anqueted at G

ad or drunk, I k

ubtful in these

ll murder

Fear

cap'd already,

I'll quickly

y large-stretc

sleep, wherewit

arm that e'e

means whereby

utrage and di

tle Somnus, I'll

m to you soon

ckly, lest I fall as

and still! Visus, I

ood, begin and

st, the rest wi

t CR

A UND

S, S

emus, I now t

sight and ski

d'st me, that

ld deprive m

ve, that march'

ysses; and b

y hands, and f

esolate in e

lypheme! where'

for thy beau

e once, but now

look upon thy

miserable

lysses, heav

e ever on thy

enge of my

S bind

ares to touch me

Cyclops, help

arms him;

thyself, and let

y weak ima

A DUO

SOMNUS

how my spleen is tic

enses make ab

soul, and mak

ir mischances:

tch hath caught

ne to hold my

augh afresh: O

swear, and thre

S bind

me, help, help, who

dacio, help! Here's

tent yourself, y

? Can I not scratch his eyes out? What have I done?

alls a

DECIMA

voiding knife[3

LINGUA

out murder? Wha

ua dead? O h

this fact, th

ot fire upon

gua! mistress of

f eloquence, t

chantress! What

jewel from ou

ruby that ad

, how shalt tho

weet companio

orrow and dul

o's this? in

screant! is thi

oman, a har

prepare

heathe my falch

guerdon[309] f

to run at SOM

harmed, fa

r, I never knew the Se

See how Visus hath broke his forehe

have more trouble to make one woman sleep than a

DECIMA

AUDITUS pulling OLFACTUS by the nose, an

ears, mine ea

nose, my no

, at length, thes

s, let

m first loo

Auditus,

his life that s

end this quarrel; bi

ind the

DECIMA

he robe in his

GUSTUS, OLFACTU

anira, for thy k

rt: I'll wear i

s Tactus, worse th

e, and you sha

e do? see that h

shirt: it fits

indeed: but wha

somewhat hot

faster than '

'd, my temples ac

fire creeps am

my breast, my

y bones; O my si

ins: my head, m

eart: my liver

rn, I burn;

g heat of imp

e with flames

th but try how

hirt that boils m

rse, and heats

re thunderbolt

pain that bat

triple kingdom

nd hell, destroy

mned spite[311]

dangers of my

ighty son

poison'd linen

t? Villains, fl

ter up a tro

cataracts of r

eak her speckle

, she hates me l

d, you rogues,

ither: charge h

ames, or else the

reater dange

haeton rul'd the

t care the world s

can hold you. [

n's this that o

ier than the g

night with bloodle

nqueror that tr

, there's but on

author of t

at? is he und

and look about those thickets, I'll go hither, a

Con

SOMNUS e

DECIM

IS with a willow in

NUS, CRAPULA. The

he time that I

Senses that

like an owl? ma

now I scorn to s

aster their

have chang'd

re call'd hun

answer to the

petite. My

l me quickly

t thy cheeks. W

an to fawn at

s; no, no such

the villain,

hags I'll houg

rascal that a

these fit an

r CR

hither, come hither quic

sirrah, what of that b

entle Ap

ch[314], dar'st lo

rkle with revengefu

ood Ap

ou fat bawson

s fatal engin

aul thee for th

ones to powder

ad no weapons

out of doors;

ady, for thou s

great reveng

oe wreak his w

h up his club to

ime catcheth him be

how now,

dead? is not m

o, see whe

ve hurt thee:

enses all in a cir

his wand

all in silen

e you, till the

ew cooling your

the vain and

surfeit and d

Senses, lat

together slee

fference 'twixt t

ch, the beauteo

eil of night and

e power and

ell, and pleasu

envy and the

ons, and the

ound, distract,

liver, life,

wer, that wit

rooked scythe,

owery pride on

ght, and in the

arms forgets h

mariner and

ploughman, a

yield to m

rest nothing

Somnus conquer

awful wand, an

e best and pro

slings of th

me, scorn my

ight from her b

silence to th

e, and with u

find the V

the heaven o

fty towering

he feathers of

selves unto the

earth and heav

punish thei

ry was never

than wake and t

OMNUS and

DECIMA

PETITUS, all asleep and dre

hanter; by Acteon's head-tire, it's a very deep-mouthed dog, a most admirable cr

why, methinks 'tis too-too evident: I see his dog very plai

oothpick, that lark's hee

t think'st thou I thin

hink you are devising how to ans

[APPETITUS snores aloud.] Beware, sirrah, take heed; I doubt me there's some wild boar lodged hereabo

bbed, I am stabbed; ho

lk in their sleep? are t

onless, they be

of those apples, the

his dog here; foh, w

nded, whosoever it was; the warble is

ut on; keep your he

ha? 'st: Heuresis

r, sirrah. Cook, that will be a swee

lena of meats? give me't; if I play not

I might have the maidenhead of it: come, give me th

rs closer for shame; 'tis

the cramp, the cr

sently: reach me my be

ingua, are

he leader close with the second bell. Fie

well, I know it; mark but her nose: do you not see the

me so: oh, ha, ha, ha! take away your hands, I ca

about that bush, she trussed her thereabout.-Here

, mum, m

ah, take heed y

e is fast asleep, fo

uch uncertainties; to lose so ri

d: 'st, boy, my Lord Vicegerent and Master Register are hard by:

HEUR

'tis past recovery, and my robe likewise:

id to be left by Mercury, ha? I conjecture here's some knavery,-fast loc

d that somebody hath felt, a

er sleep to my question: but how

e in their way, that they mig

strange th

DECIMA

GUA, asleep. PHANTASTES, COMMU

iece of treason discovered; how say you? Lingua set all th

ter Register? did you ever k

troubled especially with this talking disease; many of them have I

eing asked by her mother what such a one did with her s

, is such a jest fit for this

all hear her answer me as directly and truly as may

tell thee,

her; mark now, mark how truly she

gull; a mere fanatic napson[323], in my imagin

a! how truly and di

hat she says. I'll try her once again. Madam,

down, good Acrasia: I am so beholding to you, your potion wrought exceeding

tch hath wrought some villainy. [LINGUA riseth in her sleep, and wal

ing; I have seen many sick

his sleep, bent his bow, shot at a magpie, killed her, fetched

should be the

m the brains to the thighs, legs, feet, and arms, are wider far than the other nerves; wherefore they are not s

o. But, Phantastes, i

with the potion

ad as-well, if I cannot recover it-let it go.

y, awake the

e at your nose; up, Visus, Gustus, Tactus, up: wha

you st

s, know you how

ord, not I; t

Gustus, and had

hink I tast

est, we drunk

icate and ple

brains somew

DECIM

INGUA asleep, COMMU

NESTES, HEURESIS

as lurking in a bush very suspiciou

ak quickly what you k

were mad, and that Somnus, at my request,

crasia, at Lingua's request, bewitched

h me, where am I? how ca

onfessed in your sleep, that with a crown and a robe you have distu

ble wretch! I beseech y

no, 'tis a fau

ults wit

d seal up your lips when you go to be

rning you we confirm as irrevocable, and establish the crown to

own, howsoever you det

re, Lingua, granting you your life, I commit you to close prison in Gustus's house, and charge you, Gustus, to keep her under the custody of two strong doors, and every day, till she come

walk abroad, in token the tongue was the cause of her offence, let her wear a velvet hood, ma

y to her page, a chief agent in

e: let him be soundly whipped, and ever after, though he shall strengt

in my conceit it grows dark, by which I conjecture it will be cold; and

praeter ANAMNES

A VIG

PETITUS, aslee

been here. Up, with a pox to you; up, you lusk[324]? I have such news to tell thee, sirrah: all the Senses are well, and Lingua is

s whole mess of pottage into your face; ca

longer than he dreams of his victuals. What, Appetitus, up

hope you'll stay till they be

a, ha, ha, ha!

uickly; here's no suga

him.] Wilt never be? Then I

IL

nds, it is so

aken hungr

close upon hi

this at your c

s friendly

will and grac

-welcome murmur

isoner from the

ETITUS awakes, and run

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TIO

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Inforst Marriage. P

(seipsum) docet. By

ncent, and are to be

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seipsum) docet. By George Wilkins. London, Printed by Aug. Mathewes for Richard Thr

(seipsum) docet. By George Wilkins. London, Printed by I.N. for Richard Thrale, an

ODUC

here reprinted; but he joined with John Day and William Rowley in "The Travels of the Three English Brothers, Sir Thomas, Sir Anthony, and Sir Robert Shirley

probably a son, who published in 1608 a prose

S PERSO

ANCIS

NT

RT

M SCAR

RBOROW, |

SCARB

OHN H

ALCONB

LIAM SC

OR B

the u

tl

ow

ret

ew

a

ldr

hter to Sir

ife to Willi

William

OF ENFORCED M

IS ILFORD, WENT

are come to the house, what sh

be impudent enoug

quaintance here, b

ompany. I tell thee, Wentloe, thou art not worthy to

, for Go

to table at an ordinary, keep knights comp

from cheaters, clear from

hink there is any Chr

too, brokers, puri

I tell thee, Wentloe, thou canst not live on this side of the world, feed well, drink tobacco[331], and be honoured into the pres

u shall be accounted a

r CL

ere is a scrape-

ttle,[332] are y

any black-jacks, sir, bu

ir, are you

ty yards without, and the

ll's who owes[33

hat dwells

dwells in

He that

at's hi

none of his

ster Scarbor

ve you a rhyme

e, and dead men

at noon, but drunkard

I the better

I the better fo

hy, no

en, of nothing

SCAR

this is a phil

by art, am better than you, th

men, welcome

red a year. 'Sfoot, what makest thou here in this barren soi

ry where my father lived, where first

urers, and that is just as long as t

good knight, for that is

ith any man, that

ave a lubberly loa

his fathers: but tell me, in faith, art thou not-nay, I know thou art, called down into the country here by some hoary knight or other who, knowing th

e such preferme

ence into the cuckold's order-the preferment you sp

I have been guest her

hion, being sure you have a good living, and without encumbrance, comes to you thus:-takes you by the hand thus:-wipes his long beard thus:-or turns u

et us hear no

rshipful good neighbour, for our demesnes lay near together. Then, sir, you and I must b

uld have made an excellent

ughters: a thousand a year will do well divided among them; ha, will't not, Master Scarborow? At which you out of your education must reply thus: The po

ld he swear himself[337] to the

the young pug[338] too i

th her there, is not the

, I love you!-when she has the wit to ask, But, sir, will you marry me? and thou, in thy cock-sparrow humour, repliest, Ay, before God, as I am a gentleman, will I; which the father overhearing, leaps in, takes you a

hey love one a

for love; 'tis well, and they c

he know the gallant breathes himself at so

know this rule, Should both wed maids, the child would be a fool. Come, wag, if thou hast gone no further than into the ordinary fashion- meet, see, an

of women bald k

wretched, miserable, and indeed a stark fool; and by that thou hast been married but three weeks,

s a cuckold mo

from the moon: as soon as she is delivered of her great belly, doth she not point

ue more divine

nks they are angel

cordials that prese

hands that feed

, as spring re

ue characters, I'll give it thee. Women are the purgatory of men's purses, the paradise of their bodies, and the hell of their minds; marr

raduce by custom

king ill; an

est creatures

ents' here, and

s orb hath h

n gets the wor

e were barren,

tems on which

ue is still'd, a

HARCOP and his

nd I see, do what I can, as long as the world lasts, there will be cuckolds in it. Do you hear, child, here's one come to blend you together: he has bro

parting, ge

make punks of us, t

Gal

Harcop keeps

been at court,

bear habit li

gentlemen an

h to give them

give their healths, I hope: to go to

are Welcome: Wel

welcome, kni

ome, in f

me, hast not thou

swill'd my fil

draughts now I

ou art a man fit

N. and BAR.) he is a g

of this[34

xe

ARBOROW a

I have not so much steel of immodesty in my face to parley to a wench without blushing. I'll walk by her, in hope she can open her teeth. Not a word? Is it not strange a man should be in a woman's company all this while and not he

o watch about me but mine eye

auty, I take the adage for my re

m big enough t

tell me: are y

neither, till I am bett

uld you be acqua

guish betwixt hi

hy, I a

s more than

I am no less, t

oof I am a man too; f

e, tell me,

my meat, choice of suitors, clothes in the fashio

ink you of me

know what you thin

hink you are a p

you but

u are a very perfec

y then I should be alo

ther says I s

orbid, sir! alas, I am

ve thee, b

from the steps of gentility; the fashion among

re by heaven I swear, And cal

l not enforce

woman's husband!

, and prove as

them, we should have you plead nonage some half a year henc

thee, do

ecord), I speak in ear

an to marry m

thus takes thee

r better,

death us depa

thank you, sir, and

look'd for

ur own tongues

maiden-free

re now mine, and I

fe doth to he

fe, is to

ful course, wi

oul of virtu

lease, and ne

eyes created,

pleasure, but f

husbands' safet

to feed him, th

ne of them is t

of everythin

y, that shoul

ts they cannot te

ce made wives,

n; they are thei

fe you can p

urs: and you a

thus subdued, pr

we a duty,

e the branch an

nd them from te

winter, tende

unto their ean

husbands' custo

o them they've

t rebuke them

s hens chickens,

nder wing, a

e two beds, no s

hom a faith and

, since they are

usband you

re, and you a

By h

re you swear, let m

heir faith and p

ds their oath: i

r joy; if not, i

rt, then, with

rt, and let u

n, in swearing l

e to his. Here c

OP, ILFORD, WENTLOE,

Master S

ask, how you like

made my wife,

both ag

We are

you live together,

tter who is the

is a man of yours

ought you l

ews from Lon

are full of cheaters, some citizens are

re is an unwelc

rdian writes to

eturn to

ing ward to him

[347] it fits t

es, it does; for

heirs, but kept l

or London

Spur, we will

t leave thee-with

dwelling kiss

ust be absent

art doth in t

yet a ward, whi

th my constant

l w

ou please, where'e

worn: you're pres

NBRIDGE and SIR

Sir Wi

ou, is your ki

, my lord, ne

k you, good

bout myself; so

ree winters yet

, before he s

t no

a day les

you are his uncle

uardian; woul

mendations equa

what he is:

h, increasing

llar vice dar

himself with s

praise him w

older look upo

printed no

their lives by.

is virtues, h

are proud to hear

Sir William,

led, though of v

isposition,

dents, [how] ho

n the world wit

d is look'd fr

names forgot, o

they keep s

arasites, prodi

l, even their old

nt we'll match

ains the scope

aks like a fathe

found him one o

e; nay, I have

her mind, that[352

the good app

all that's hers

less'd in such an

DOCTOR

ave appointed

Oxford, to a

s come. Good

honourab

you[353] with this b

ontract 'twixt yo

ter Sca

and I did look

leave his horse

. So

ere forthwith: yo

er straight y

re and I will

you r

t DO

SCAR

onourable[

well-done

Kind

nks, my

n welcome in your

t I spent there, m

'twas very well! a

e and I have b

xt us we might

use large digni

ase, as from a

TOR and K

is bound to yo

been to me lik

, yourself my

your honour come,

ept, to shun

thy promise, now

fe: accept he

honoura

take her, man: she

nst, being both

, but m

og of wax! come

e thought it fit

hands to take

ow, sau

, my lord; the unr

government,

take tha

, then here is a mellowed exp

. O

. O

ur cares, your u

, found out, an

of mine, both

stand at you

good m

, then might I

ths, then had

h but one, th

n Harcop's

at's that? let m

Harcop's Clare I

n, yet she's on

which I wear,

aith and troth 't

that knot tied

e you knit th

e so much that,

makes me a

sheets I wall

bastards, and a

SECR

even so? my s

er straight to

Jack, and if t

contract you

SECR

r ST

oo, post you

youngster's la

ke havoc, spoil and

know that you

oor enough: the

O c

. O

yourself, and

now me, sir, to

thou seest what '

I meant myself t

pounds, upon

p your land t

other portions

now yoke

A yoke

ntradict my will, I'll make thee marr

it fits you to

u flatter for p

but, g

od uncle, could

s out of heave

s own finger, the

w to love, as m

d women with, the

dust, lawful

ce to place; wer

ear themselves;

pass'd with us,

roans, and she

hear your

'tis too

tleman, shoul

ight, and forc'

as it is, it m

th advice, not

rd: being so,

your duty, a

marriage and

'gainst these

s hold on you; w

prosecutes; he

e thinks fit:[35

iolent humour

nowledge, the

ur purse, and in

ever keep you

se, if you be

rais'd by matc

FALCON

th of me, shal

he wed himself,

pert, I'll

ave your will,

shape thy thoug

irth had been

ty me, because

d those matches

nce begun, and

xe

T

D, and a PA

t thou delive

I saw him open

not a new su

lean fellow, with sunk eyes and shamble legs, sigh pitifully at his

el: he will pay no debts, before he be arrested-nor then neither, if he can find

ill imprint for you

first return: four by dice, six by being bound with me, and ten by queans: of which some be courtiers, some country gentlemen, and some citizens' sons.

r WE

that will make

omewhat will keep me lean; I h

Scarborow is

may (as few married men

love her, let her command a

much of their wives, but give them th

r BA

wit, but to help us in this enterprise, and we may

e the scabs now that hang upon honest Job. I am Job, and these are th

carborough is

ll his land i

her's and sis

usand pounds in ready

it might help many gentlemen to pay th

him into bands[362] for money, then to dice for it; then take up stuff at the mercer's; straight to a punk with it; then

t have worn a spacious park, lodge, and all on their backs[363] this morning, been fain to pawn it afore night! And they that have stalked like a huge elephant, with a castle on their necks, and removed that to t

y, but,

hippings, and now I have put him into good clothes to shift two suits in a day, that could scar

ed captain discontent; in, which melancholy the least drop of mirth,

'Sfoot, you chittiface, that looks worse than a collier through a wooden window, an ape afraid of a

that knows the secrets of all h

am not of that species for you to

riends, all friends; he

this, all our desi

SCAR

ng master, my young married m

y of wha

r I hear of few that h

as I have to

aseth, but his

ch wit, what a devil m

speak n

ds in mine ea

leasure, but a

hat are married in the morning to

cannot l

s know that's a general fa

ll not lie

volunt, she

l not, ano

marry me, knowing

maintained by you, or to make you a

r CL

haste, to make an en

t's your

is this, sir-this

aning of al

by this is as much as to say, sir, my master has him humbly commended u

shall have this, sir, this, sir, a

. No,

Why

nihil ad nos, and though many gentlemen will have to do with other men's bus

the knave, i'

, of Harcop, in the county of York, Knight, by me his man

st thou by th

hes, took them upon trust, and

, Sir John Harco

entertain th

ptable; thou art

er's daughter s

e think upon

embers me to

ith to her, wh

members me

th perjury, who

like those curs

a young wench, forty weeks after th

not. Give me pe

her. O! but wh

[366] why, no e

rs, and from his

y my marriage

hem; not well

o, whose marriag

that which my

Clare, for I

down, but not

n from

o her, there's

ould cleanse thes

ars, and mine eyes shall prove bankrouts, and break out for you. Let no man persuade me: I wi

n, I'll take m

married to, bu

, in Yorkshire le

you so, my young gallan

ust help to make us whol

true a

ixt man and wife

their wealth, '

xe

ughter CLARE, and two younger bro

o him ere long

young girl: you

iss her; though

wife, to kiss t

like you well; prythee, make haste and bring store of boys;

o fair a sister

faith, this kissin

ack it too wh

t thy cheek, Clare, le

e as befits my Sca

thplight wife b

ongue prove sca

e are full large[

o you hear, Sir John? what do you think drew me from

see this girl sha

our coming now in this wise into our kindred, I might be acquainted with you aforehand, th

ou borrow of yo

I keep a calendar. And look you, sir, thus I go over them. First o'er my uncles: after, o'er mine aunts: then up to my nephews: straight down to my nieces: to this cousin Thomas and that cousin Jeffrey, leaving the courteous claw given to none of their elbows, even u

re a merry

akes me so; and I know none bu

d am I drawn fro

my brother stil

t of choice, and

hall not make our

his presence.

back, when one

urch, at night b

hat with wine. So

of the wit i

to yo

she may have quiet days, little rest o' nights, have pleasant afternoon

ay, na

, and we must

ealths are on

st to the wall, though it be to a fe

r CL

om London

with pipe

bring

s poor

my young

ing in

ll maid

of suc

have

they wis

nd, a h

y sweet

O, O

s, and

ho

I

o soon from Londo

he Thames nor the river of Tweed are nothing to them: nay, all the rain that fell at Noah's flood had not the discr

y news, g

ave could travel, lest his eyes should be blown out: at last they all agreed to hire me to go before them, when I, looking but upon this

m my Scarborow I gi

But, mi

Prythee

e my father nor

the comfort

O, but

Prythee

the glad news

t CL

knight; take your liqu

ything that he owes me

be pa

ntlemen, the h

in carousin

more welcomes

ou, no

you hear? I hope hereafter you'll lend me some money. Now

t CL

am glad y

en't? no, I'll

utside last di

d (I'll call't

es, where our whit

this door o

ess how kindl

e to me; as chu

not think the

om the sweets of

ets my name,

ps his sheet

(methinks) as m

here for me

t thinking his

ve at my de

his message wi

k this ope, wi

e? mine eyes a

they are n

been my lamps th

all the

my Scarboro

e is married,

re these? look, I h

llable of th

thplight virg

r blindness: Forgiv

arborow's co

nit as faith

iss him often,

ppy and a fr

erous childre

was married! as

ol was I; yet h

ted too? To my

y,

d, and read no

ervent love mi

the inside, Forgi

w. He has set hi

within the

pt, their tongue

HOMAS S

loth's laid, the meat cools, we all

excuse me, I pr

this letter, a

aste, the meat stays f

e meat; for

hungry, or it ma

nk o'er night, i'

approve

contracted min

another: what's

aid, not fit

ed his with pl

s to me com

; and who sh

f, lives in a

fortune should

air, rich, ho

his, whoe'er

whore, live

into the pat

was create

'er so honest,

, yet I must

a strumpet 'g

e abhorr'd;

d; and now can

am my father'

a hope, thou

eas'd, yet

be possess'd, h

t I should vow

oul unspotte

me to a

f doth of that

ot to yield n

created for a

ct, bad man, ma

rumpet, better

OHN SCA

you come? Your father and the

I come; I pray,

st not go

usher, sooth, I'll

to forgive him,

I do forgive th

nd an answer

ords thou shalt w

ent ready: Forgi

will act it. Be

the false pro

ves, the which h

eets you lov'd to

axiom may not

in than many

acing, kisse

essions; and

eal those plea

rer in his m

oes to his

sin upon the

e now, help t

lost his bod

ities, and w

hand, and man

ld then, farewel

e hop'd for fro

e me; thus thou h

d,[371] though b

d to cleanse he

IR JOHN

s for his mercy, w

ends and guests

re you,

come, close mine e

voice was no

's

augh

Your da

f you to se

o forgive her: sh

od tears, and let

ter! help, my s

yes, and look u

orn to lose the

thee for m

e the author

not? some help,

made thee pale?

thou, that wert

his age, the cra

l? I prythee,

pe for death; c

, if death must

test: prythe

st I live, I am

AS and JOH

t means t

ruthful

not wont to be

loving to thy

if't be thy

sense for grief,

s this? the sad c

he hath broke

for him she hath

cause that thou

pots, these blem

child! was't

fair act now

ceived thee in

the bliss o

tongue to ans

ers write,[373]

torous tongue, hi

, children, a

s, like winter

hts, his wants r

rpse be the ph

on stands not t

ases may he

lind his eyes, a

xi

man, made wretc

age, more t

W, his wife KA

BARTLEY,

gate, and not call? tha

his beer, kiss his daugh

he good k

g me to my sha

or deceiving of a wenc

ne't to a hu

e he's wise th

ng, till he[37

he good k

, you are come

r at a fat

ter first, and

d Clare! accur

er, that I

me, Forgive he

body with my f

tual mourner

this comet in

ption of this

benefits my

temper'd to ap

hed, that[377]

Dear h

, not my wife, th

riends and thou

a creature e

n, whose thoug

base, but e

its, till you an

r; though dead,

frame or a ne

paper, never

lied finger, whi

wn too; but who

nds, and I will l

IR JOHN

lie her that do

tray'd to so

r again. Clare; wh

to take her ev

lies tha

thee, I do li

e a villain

aitor, recrea

, a dog,

Sir John

n villain! to

ature, harmless,

ope, and comfo

cement-of thi

oul in th'comp

om her, make her

en bet

n them were t

, what thou h

a strumpet, thy

derer, thy wi

ews, thy hou

, 'tis

wretched fat

a married man

u the ca

e cause of it

he day that e'e

man, am undone

ty, have care u

grief bring on

S and JOHN SC

ms my sorrow

st her, to the g

fe, and I'll th

country, I'll

since that my

with

left like sea-

ing no more th

hore soever

d, I must accoun

ed, I am rep

y husband, sco

y love and t

to his beck,

y services

e, nor will be

etter days, wh

ide. Whither

ield, where my ma

ield, where thy ma

the worst, 'tis h

AS and JOH

r? no further forwar

s before one, who

me back to fin

ay sorrow's hurt

aving brough

body whom he c

many tears up

e made a tyr

at her coffin

never would e

he more

hence acknowled

ive t'enrich the

his only aim

means should be

gh confirm'd, he

,[380] that by

join the hands

t grief, and I

you on your way in

h make straight w

xe

T

I

RD, WENTLO

me, let's make use of his wealth, a

ure he will ho

am now, and was de

couple of serjeants, and fall into one of the

nt will be ready to step in, charge the serjeants to keep thee fast, and

for the one; then take up as much more. We share th

Ha, h

SCAR

dost laug

heirs, as swine by the dropping of acorns. But he's come

od day,

e grasshoppers in Egypt, and that's covered over with good luck. But nouns, prono

r DR

non, an

we stay your leisure? give't u

o not hurt

t DR

st hear, Will? If thou dost not use these grape-spillers as you do their pottle-pots, quoit them down-stairs three or

r DR

and neat grape, gentle

have you brought

re element o

d did not I call for

wine in the

t no wine; I pryt

e red lattice,[383] enemy to their sign-post

gs t

our head

be drunk, then p

all y

ger with

n: thank me, thy good maste

ell; but the worst is,

. Oaths are necessary for nothing; they pass out of a man's mouth,

o to be a kind of swearing;

drink ourselves into

begin with a new

that make

whores,

that onl

ng other

hat pay f

ing but w

from whom

may be

h, my hear

their ta

nd keep t

him like

less, e

a mate

ound, m

excellen

r DR

a couple of strangers benea

hey? gentlemenlike-bear

with the art of face-mending, si

l go dow

l stay here and d

a fever that d

to weakness, I

ompany, their

of good men, y

ule, instruct

ood, I to t

ffer this, yo

surfeit in the

eel my mischief

ven an

nswer, what m

cherish sin, b

foster'd once,

count sin cust

me their rep

, while the g

y a couple of SERJEANT

er strive, we

evil too,[386] and he

I am a gentleman, I'll

what's the m

o the hands of Serje

ted? a gentlema

or sin's sake put up;

t me speak with Mast

what say yo

rrested me here

, sir; the s

Master Gripe: yet hear

y as you were an honest man,

Yet h

aring; I lent you my

and I confess I owe not a penny to any man, but he would be glad to ha't [on m

isoner. If you cannot either make me present payme

ay you to this young gentleman? he is th

he's an honest gentleman for aught

, my enforced friends, will't please you but to retire into some small distance, whilst I descend

we'll wait upon

nicate that I, Frank Ilford, gentleman, whose fortunes may transcend to make ample gratuities future, and heap satisfaction for any present extension of his friends' kindness, was enforced from the Mitre in Bread Street to the Counter in the Poultry. For mine own part, if you shall

mellis flora, the sweetest of the honey: he that

wear good

well-de

the best

d regard y

upon't, be bo

re richly

e not yo

store of

shall be

son of so

Some

me hors

upon't; be bo

ortunance,[388] for onc

ink, as good th

y bully like a ge

Of

to be r

hall comman

Our s

Ourse

s Pharaoh's lean kine di

is my bond current

you Egyptian grassho

si

much more, kind

t men, morta

ha

y have s

d conveyed, which may ass

satisfied, and I'll

ndred more than

sup here; be

ounsel, scrivene

I will make as

e law yo

take your

arge you of

then le

room, the infected

ore of coin wan

e, sweet rogue, a

e. Ex

AS and JOH

you see the e

to question

t we see, not

eps from us to

n the house, and we are fain to walk with lean purses abroad. Credit must be maintained, which will not be without money; good clothes must be had

have brought our s

lf, having her

rself in court

le personage;

great in court b

ture bound, pr

longer than a tailor's bill on a young knight for an old reckoning, with

s do't in mild

haps may soone

se,[390] by which

r DR

Look down into the

question him. Do you hear, my fri

ld he be else? I would have you well know my mas

he continued here, s

g enough to have drowned up the livings of three knigh

consum'd to rui

they that kee

t, for your further satisfaction, did you eve

N.

ny.[393] [Within, Oliver! Anon, anon,

ay here's them wou

our message. An

xi

speaks wiser t

in this town, whe

gape to grow

whelps thrown i

em awhile, at le

SCAR

there would

ers, who are gla

R.

your riot, that

their goods, as t

al spending, n

of a most

ody's wealth, i

sores that, had

ou sick to see

but our wants t

e, and yet rem

hould be arraigned at the vintner's bar, and so condemned to the vintner's box. Though, while you did keep house, we had some bel

what hath yo

ur sister joins

ought along wit

ortion, where

ervice or an

e not, as in duty you are bound, to an elder brother out

mpelled by want

our own? then th

ours were left

it for ye: mus

ase to like mi

o saucy both, an

or it: ask why?

o but crav

wn, sir? wha

ns given us by o

ch here y

. Co

ys worse

Ha,

r IL

a full gallon of sack stays in the fire for thee. Th

st think thes

I prythee send them into the next room, and let th

brothers, Frank, c

here, to ask t

asures riots, my

hoolboy they

und them 'prentices when they were young; they

. Ta

od clothes. Come, you must learn more manners: as to stand at your brother's back,

ou are

pon my broth

where thou

. Yo

rief I speak it)

difference in

een a spital

st on him like t

e worthy traffi

his name more loat

t like a do

Die a

boys with clubs. All set upon the two brothers. BUTLER, Scarborow'

st like an innkeeper's chamber-pot, receives all waters, good and bad. It had need of much scouring. My old master kept a good house, and twenty or thirty tall sword-and-buckler men about him, and i'faith his son differs not much, he will have metal too; though he hath not store of cutler's blades, he will have plenty of vintner's pots. His father kept a good house for honest men his tenants, that brought

, THOMAS and JOHN SCAR

brothers, how ca

other hath given us our po

ot be so monstr

im not; he is

pers that devo

r but to prese

es himself, a

is inn, where

bstance, making

which our for

our portions,

o London, and

v'd our own;

ne we had: beg,

. A

s left us to

ister, we two to

ake yourself t

mall cans in

left then like

st that can bu

r, and, like t

better bein

UTLER,

him: but if he be not fain, before he dies, to eat acorns, let me live with nothing

utler, what's th

sent me out of Yorkshire to tell him that God had blessed him with two sons; he bids a plague of them, a vengeance of her, crosses me

thy longing; I am sure he hat

of him; but whosoe'er doth curse his children being infants, ban his wife lying in childbed, and beats hi

id he

e of them, a vengeance on her,

I see there is

re respectless

me that they

nfants bless'd

other for the

that is given

ewith without,

were issue

was an hones

s were better th

soon unto his

verns, spendin

rothers and di

ny means to

aubee (by this hand

content to rio

s our portion

ge air, open

riot swims

more's

what in course

n would live,

r hath hurt us; we three will hurt you

her whose burde

d a means how

ve (especially without maintenance) Like mice going to a trap, They nibble long, at last they get a clap. Your father was my good benefactor, and gave me a house whilst I live to put my head in: I would be loth then to see his only daughter,

thing, good

to take a purs

ave received my wages; there is forty shillings for you, I'll set you in a lodging

nest, and to k

onest man wil

xe

y carrying a torch with him:

with a windmill, and to take the wall of an emperor; muc

, stan

should down with the least touch of a knave's finger. Th

f nothing, some

up the money; for if there be five hundred pound lost, there's never but a hundred pound

ut the

ost mean by

with a firebrand in my hand: every one go

RD FALCO

or any man, by these thumbs; and the paring of th

this? youn

an that the

he reverence th

ld have brough

hould thus transf

ll talk with you, when you're out

thee even wit

e and eggs, and mulled sack; do you hear? you

t will yo

hy way, and tha

blood will teac

WILLIAM

red lord, you're

o see your neph

rute beast th

shame you not thus t

our nose sm

ild; it is thine

the more likely 'tis

our name to make

y born, and th

time for bet

new-married to

sessions an

ll home thy uns

ere thou ma

t, spoil,

what thy f

livest d

ou came to the earth. Do you catechise? do y

! do you draw u

ox of t

Mitre, where we'l

night, and so we

xe

ee: what I heard o

insman

Like to

Epythite,[398] h

the mire, to

ity

o pity's f

we'll ad

He is m

the pit, where

comfort him a

xe

T

w, follow! then enter BUTLER, THOMAS

shall we do

ese sucklings good, their mother's milk not wrung out of their nose yet; they know no more how to

way, this w

t, what sha

ers pictured in the painted cloth.[399] Should they but come to the credit to be arraigned for their valour

w, follow! Th

. Bu

Honest

o these bushes, and lie me as close to

ood butler?

rsetakers, who would be troubled with

Thus,

withal; for, by these hilts, they have not wit to button their sleeves without teaching: close, squat, close. Now if the lot of hanging do fall to my share, so; then the old father's[400] man drops for his young masters. If it chance, it chances; and when it

llow, foll

eive you, I'll bid a pox of this

OP, with two or thr

arch near, my friends, I am this m

to make even money. Now, by the d

bush unbeat nor

robb'd, the thiev

e, but may lie at some time, f

r a voice; and here's

s an old servingm

sir, what make y

ch fools as you are may crack t

t fellow

ood health; you bear your age fair, you keep a good house,

sirrah, what made

, at foot of

ves robb'd of thr

uit of being miserable: you will ride but with one man to save horse-meat an

y I have lost thr

d so; for had you kept half a dozen tall fellows, as a man of yo

sir, why lurked

ffling together, my mind straight gave me there were knaves abroad: now, sir, I knowing myself to be old, tough, and unwieldy, not being able

he says w

ear me witness, that there I might see which way the knaves took, then to te

Was i

, 'twas

tell thee they t

at that says so: had not one of them a white frock? did they not bind your worshi

e says

nto this wood, but took over the lawns,

o. By this they

farewe

th more men,

hall teac

RCOP with

yond a scholar's prize, let me be hissed a

u deserv'st to be c

f I had any right, I de

your dust, our mor

st played well; thou des

caped by the nut-tree, be sure you'll speed by the rope. But for your pains at this time, there's a hundred pounds for you; how you shall bestow it, I'll give you instructions. But do you hear? look ye, go not to your gills, your punks, and your cock-tricks with it. If I hear you do, as I am an h

xe

EY, and ILFORD with

o' late, that this good fortune's befallen me. Look, gal

dost me

is land: let the country bury him, and they will. I'

el thyself, Frank, n

ith my hands; how shoul

you news

t? dost mean no

ortly to go to church, and from the

r BU

met my flesh-hooks

dost mean t

mongrel

a bait for

now be hones

or thou hast been a who

o some honest woman too; and so from hence h

shall she

nor no waiting gentlewom

ard their hu

ll woodco

rmaids of

they'll nev

t thou wed t

maid, so s

id, so sh

id, so sh

o any

she be

for her honesty, for in these d

honey, not from the sweetest flowers, but [from] thyme, the bitterest: so these having been

shall I now

fall ye,

he shall fall sure enough. B

you be mad

y cuckolds, though we are

e of that after: will yo

utler? rich

ings. But mum, I'll say nothing, I know of two or three rich heirs

But

not know m

have enough to keep your own in winter. Mine are precious cabinets, and must have precious jewels put into

but you must upbraid him with it, and tell him of his defects which, when he is married, his wife shall fin

Lancashire has

ave her then,

of Leicestershire, has a thousand, na

e have her, h

ntenanced, black-browed gentlewoman in Northam

me have

. O

I, goo

together by the ears for them, ere ye see them. But they are the most rare-featured, we

d rich,

rest [Aside]; -and rich, gallants, as are from the u

thou help us t

some hope ye may prove honest, as by the death of your fathers you are proved rich, walk severally; for I, knowing you all three to be covetous tug-muttons, will not trust you with the sight of e

nestly said. [He wa

d now first to

Godam

couple of abominab

n them! abso

em I had intelligence to

. T

ir, I have but the

. G

do intend for y

onest

ealous eyes of her friends, she being a rich heir,[406] lest she should be stolen awa

that's pas

make use of them, flatter them with hopeful

elp me to

hus must be effected: first

. G

e lodging, beauty, and riches of

Excel

nvy of your good or hope of their own advancement, they'd make our labo

mirable

e, one morning step to the Tower, or to make all sure, hire some stipendiary priest for money-for money in these days what will not be done, and

tler! let but this be done, and all the benefit, requital and happiness I can promi

lodging some half an hour

I h

Fai

Will

shift off these

widgeons: a c

of hope to wive them too,

love shall be thy c

xi

to my t'ot

ave been in passion

, I had all this t

. H

but a scurvy-proud-prating pro

ss, an as

e tell him I had thr

ld have had the

n him, but only hopes for one of the three, when indeed I have but two; and knowin

shall ho

t how,

meet me; but ask not for me, only walk to and fro, and to avoid suspicion you may spend some conference with the shopkeeper's wives[408]; they have seats built a pur

s, mine are ver

to make you be beloved; where you shall first kiss, th

O bu

, put on your best clothes, get you to the barber's, curl up your hair, walk with th

Wilt

e]; and I'll want of

live togeth

As br

xe

knaves, if I ke

retched seaso

fish, do swim wi

ne another, maki

them they'd po

houghts and act

run, like an

[411] them on;

how to lose, a

AS and JOH

. Bu

are yo

appointed?

cues, and ha

ourselves: al

t, your states fr

xi

I term this cre

s BUTLER lea

ortal's tempe

dness, though o

ther, but for

isery had be

ndering pellet s

of shirts and chang

of him, like bell

on-day for

'd their steeples

ving tears for

R and ILFOR

ven as you had new-kissed, and were about

gue on the

ll hear them talk now of the greatness of her possessions, the care they have to see her well-bestowed, the admirableness

them away, and keep me

not promised

Thou

praise God for the blessedness you have to come, and say your prayers, if you will. I'll but prepa

Exit BUTLER.] Sure, heaven hath reserved this man to wear grey hairs to do me good

were saying,

find a husban

here, though you little know't.

ch in money, pl

t, comfort

er manor-houses

; I'll find emp

k loud enough, th

ate to be about a th

hath left me will make it ab

o man: then must o

thy, to see he

s well as the priest can; he

think

t, a God

thousand pound in

find a vent

virtuous, and

oul, being rich, I

Pish,

go visit her, bu

endthrift we

xe

e how many followers stand bare to me. And yet in this latter age, the keeping of men being not in request, I will turn my aforesaid fourteen into two pages and two coaches. I will get myself into grace at court, run headlong into debt, and then look scurvily upon the city. I will walk you into the presence in the afternoon, having put on a richer suit than I wore in the morning, and call, b

r BU

e heard her uncles, an

made good thy words, an

d kissed the gentlewoma

element; she's a paragon for a prince, rathe

d by my means, she shall like you, not

r, but withal to

ou are married once, for 'tis hers

with m

you swor

er; and have calle

shall I k

I protest, make

on your

, with my heart an

l live w

l live w

her and m

her and m

forsake all

her forswear a

ll degree

ivate favours, or use private means. I'll do nothing that m

ll not believe you till I hear you swear as much in the

, by hell, by all that m

have

Eno

sight rash men

roke, heaven griev

ome; ply he

ARBOROW'

s, as I protested

h, I l

not, sir, so

e man that

ove me

s you as angel

em to live wit

iss, whom hell

wise men do; Whom they would match, le

sert; yet by my praising of your virtues, I woul

ions are pride's child

you lov

e all the world, but

ove with me; let

mine, and l

have a mutu

ell, that the

ife, who cov

uld lose

y I bel

troth

life, your deat

tler of your birth and worth, together with the jud

ss. Bless'd hour! my life

OE and BART

out is the

for here's the sign of th

BUTLER

mistress. But see the spite of Sir Francis! if yon same couple

em! what shall w

t be married

but how

lift; for, to perfect your blis

prythee, b

coin, and he shall tie you fast with words; he shall close your ha

O s

ith SCARBOROW'

'tis the only way

ask for others

gentlewoman,

cely woo'd, and

love him that, b

e her brothers

im to help he

tch, and hope

ing for us so near the two Cou

e's yonder:

mmended you to the gentlewomen who, having taken note of your

Happy

and you are theirs; m

ENTLOE an

wed; ay, and pe

hether, knowi

lov'd her, as h

t BU

T

with SCARBO

a woman may be a maid, be married, and lose her maidenhea

fit your servan

love and duty

bed: now must I, as young married men use to do, kiss my portion out of my young wife. Thou art my sweet rogue, my lamb,

ill you te

d, methinks I breed it for thee. For I am already sick at my stomach, and

en to m

ours, to gain yo

ithout a nose, if I lose my longing: 'tis but for a trifle too; yet methinks it will do me no good, unless thou effect it for me. I could take thy keys myself, go into thy closet, and read over the deeds and evidences of thy land, and in

l show you all

jewels, and

hat, give thee a new gown to-morrow morning by this hand; do thou b

can endow you

possess for

eater than is

feit, and it sha

d jewels. Wilt have thy child born without a nose? if thou be'st so careless, spare not: why, my little frappet, you, I heard thy uncles talk of thy riches

hat riches you

helors do: swear I lov'd thee, but

ch you say not yo

coin being put

ourish in the

p, but truly[4

ove, I gave th

p, being wedd

ail or sink,

ven, to which my

, I am thy haven

took thee, who b

e the mercha

s I am ballast

's kindly

h sand, as I am

t, of right you

ther lading

ndance I wil

ght you do ex

ears: my riche

how's this? I hop

ster to deca

F.

ance your entice

se than

u did believe, s

or yourself th

ster, had undo

ot what! Do you hear, puppet, do you think you shall not be damned for this, to cosen a gentleman of his hopes, and compel yourself into matrimony with a man, whether h

NTLOE an

ave we me

al a wife, and not make your

her, I would

your good fortune, now 'tis done, though w

have two thousa

r three ma

fair, rich,

, i'faith,

tore o

te in ab

er, bette

eir horns are able to store al

do not make me mad: I could be made a cuc

pectless of your ancient acquaintance. Why, Butler t

I am married, I confess; a plague of the fates, that wedding and hanging comes by dest

. S

inking-breath, crooked-nose, worse than the de

omedy, a

f all this? is this the m

n, but to make her a whore, hated all she-creatures, fair and poor; swore I would never marr

wife; who sho

in hope she was rich, she proves to be the be

. H

Ha, h

gh, but she shall cr

y, do n

ll her portion of land, coin, plate, jewels, and now di

ving paid the priest, I have not so much left in the w

thou thus gul

re you have eye

have somewhat to take to by the death of thy father, and that he hath spent her portion and his

ut question; but I'll

'sfoot, give 'em m

Good,

tink in my nose, give me you

e most m

ay, and out of my door

mine; and fo

atch in hope t

the[417] which sh

rave res

ich we'll

with W

ore! out of m

xi

poverty should have

es, though they w

nd JOHN SCARBO

ow now,

ndone,

tress, how is

sband has

O per

y jewels and my

yed the thief for the

essed, and thrust

n on him! I wi

ong revenge me

and was the

ortion, and I'

, but,

ersuade

shipwreck'd, m

did look from h

maintenance, bu

end by his des

nd prevent what in t

arp his sword; to

ther should ano

t will you d

down, sigh loud

with grief as t

ustenance tha

ef, 'tis woe's b

heart, I

t be so crue

or serving-ma

a day, to buy

I'll eat, the

wants relief.

comfort to

eeks, ere you sha

xe

SCAR

prodigal? Fait

f to furbish[418]

n his heart eve

away like a

I have spent

id purchase, m

riches, and m

lth rais'd some t

nst me saying

eatest arm, whos

he eye of majest

clutch, and

o raise up my st

d spendthrifts

flourish, but a

akes) know when t

HOMAS S

w, and die; I c

at speaks like sic

u cannot move m

my fury slakes

elf to tempe

or tho

R.

wish to kill th

eir cups, and broac

g-piece they have

ke to powder s

ere thou hast t

ard, but in

ppositions vo

hence procee

om spark

that like

R.

I'll h

till thy soul q

lain hast undon

wert not so near

and her laws m

these hands,

nd thyself, o

art a

thou wert no

isclaim t

offspring of on

rget it; pard

the pains yo

ot for vengeance

ues, that our p

rack me with r

ade my life a beg

e thee bankrup

bad, the best th

vil: not with

take a devi

ther, when at Scarborow's back com

here; draw

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t round w

wards, three to one! slaves, worse than fencers that wear long

join, drive the r

thank you, for

my life. For

ch my loose and

st your fortune

new-joint and str

ndifferent ru

sins, the th

] needles prick

ongs to have the

your losses

rich in wealth

ve you, sir: but

ch are 'gains

makes no

ls the smart. O

st my portion: y

e (whilst you

ern-spill'd m

e ground with o

rdest winter hal

ny food, lest

e, let us be at

r what? For spend

that every sou

hast life, I'll

not be mo

thee then, wert

her, wife, or

, homicide? ar

my blood

r it sha

er than be kill'd

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let not your

! what mak'

re you, or you?

can make a f

other? Are yo

renoun

halt no

Give

Have a

h of you both hath st

wn breast? who

elf by killi

ot both o

art! giv

bar betwixt us,

mete thy

o: for God

ath, if I may

another. O, d

n and moon, bo

breed earthquake

ar prodigio

all of kings o

thers fight, wha

, 'tis time the w

grows cool agai

my fury, or by

the robbery

revenge

me to take re

that; but ne'er

ie, as mine ow

w, not by my b

at light that gui

Sir John Harcop

e two that

Prythe

shame, and thou

xi

I shown the natu

ve proved unn

eat to publish

your unkindne

that death a

your soul, blo

xi

true, there's not

take thy gri

thy sorrow a

others' tears

m Atlas to ho

ood for me. A

, and I have

rse of mankin

rs, made them th

ty children to

w thou art stung

o shame must yi

hers' stirrups

ieves too, and

ath, be perch'

aven and earth, a

eaven that's d

my brothers an

t to it-ay, I

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s swarm like flies

What a

are turn'd to teeth too: they claw villainously, they have ate up your honest name and h

evargy,[424] what

uths. They are usurers, they come yawning for money, and the sheriff with them is come to serve an exte

he roof our anc

omfort, and their

ot to lo

ir, here's your

hildren they

n their eyes and burning grief in thei

row upon sorro

rs gone t

id? for ever

oul, by whom

eirs by me. T

arry moisture

drops say, fath

ief, or die

beggars. Yet when t

sage comfort f

done by enfo

ill then b

shall we

l does, hate (panthe

; for devils

en, though good

wife KATHERINE,

wife's com

I have not a wife.

, but those whom

a

my dear

welcome. Peace: we'

you, gen

tressed wife, and t

! Where, h

rtain instance

all them lawful

we not ma

we heard the wo

nit, as felons

them. For te

e with sighs en

in willin

half with tears, t

glad to see thee,

ou know'st

H.

more's

came to church, I

rc'd breach[427] h

ife, or thes

ossible; for

's light, so lo

thick, and ful

ntry there wa

ue to be like

our country

ave been if I

re

aves in autumn

ould uphold yo

ll be my fault, hea

est, strumpet

. O

y Jack! strumpet,

thou art not, and

of thee wit

born are born

all your wrath,

d them, for 'tis

lf, heaven ling

rl

. Hu

Bast

. Fa

heart not

cradle, you were

tress in my

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he head; shouldst

not been bastar

no longer: sir, you

Ha,

he aim of gentr

ish'd fruit unto

tty-pretty child

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st tell you, y

h these years w

sts before thei

behave t

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You

I will tell 't

your wife, abus

rong yourself; ar

pretty impude

are bound to lov

e bound to keep,

t my master, I

at, slav

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s so base, so

a kna,

. Ro

oever, 'tis a

e of these I

Good b

mistress, I will

m, even in his b

maw, his throa

unagate of

than a knave of

ience be

29] my hands in

slave, tren

your

if you wer

ur coat then, get

y coat

your coa

you ha't, 'tis but

s for you: kn

livery is so

o base a life

be a beggar

our service f

out of my

pion's gone, minx

quick unto

that am no

n'd that slave to lif

what shall b

u tricks for this:

r BU

e to leave my honest mistre

ee for a strumpet,

ill you do

in thy shape c

est servant, sir, w

h this sword to

and I am woe fo

ll not

viper-like, t

nd have cherish

ey hav

. Sl

outhumour

and lose my lif

wrong, whom you a

of my do

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vice whether y

sword, too, a

her, in spi

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I desir

duty, even

e, ere these op

man slave, you

and get more bas

H.

the world

r their masters?

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l their wives a

ive me? what wi

you give

y soul weeps, thou

fall and yo

left, which I'll

mber, and if

grief, comfort

e, butler; heaven

o the troubled

with c

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endless toil

ld time's anci

o man hurt, tha

n, that I d

I have relieve

thief with them

kless marriage

her good, hea

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all, and may hea

WILLIAM

Who's wit

lliam, kind

e is my kinsm

within, sir, bu

. His s

sickness; troub

guess the c

now intend

or my sovereign

from his lord and

I do guess, te

ll see him: so

e, I do guess, t

e it now, then;

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no gracio

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me that would

lder brother

to Sir John Ha

sclos

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is journey, lest

xe

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hall deal then;

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give, the more

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their souls

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eets warm? does

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n lie in their

mine, and yet-yo

civil habit, sir,

n civil

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f Doctor Baxt

undid me; he di

d poison, though

arley, and disr

frenzy that b

s, stools, and

to chide me, a

nference we wil

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r hi

from thence, where

to my soul, in

r DO

Master S

st kindly welcom

ortant business

leisure to atte

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know you

ou promis'd bot

your spouse sho

comfort, not

your issue s

, that hurts not,

d men did witn

rnal oath, n

ed therewith, bless

blessings all

ir and footstool,

at your nupt

f your vow; O

is very

rom this your oa

d seal of conscie

ntracts, and

ow in suit aga

the jurors, wh

you took, an

age, he that s

ase unto you

udge of your

ms against you

ign, what morta

t then en

doom, whose

n your conscie

agues, whom time

our eyes see

eds, false oaths, a

o your soul: then

rops, and yet a

aks not, yet her e

rt-strings: and t

. O,

ey cannot say, ta

s up, but as mi

may read in,

elf, you are no

accus'd, but sco

. I,

tand your w

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r them: here lie yo

R.

you pine, in

ad been better

this happen to

and worse; your

torment, thoug

ave need of dri

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nces that th

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sure t

r BU

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my wife and c

I wil

a lecture[437] t

ay, he's a di

nding to his good; have made his brothers friends: both which I will conceal till

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ster Sc

e with you s

will ob

doth happen

cord, 'tis 'gains

his divine

ould be the key

r. Deliver, delive

ster Sc

e with you s

o afflicted

torment to co

lamps to comfo

edrakes[438] to

with you s

[with Wife a

our wife and

ive way

son perfect;

be so near, To hinder the mishap

, you know thi

Mistress

u keep your seat,

ction you have

o you

To me

To you

me to this

know I

will say she i

son, sir, becau

tongues should ha

how to live, a

ow my soul had

to another

s loom unto un

. S

But,

see a mote

sock blind you

this: 'tis be

nown to us, th

, all these, in

fe, make them

ster Sc

write that they,

ith strumpets a

al the childre

nsecrate, even

n, it registers

dwell with them

world, that su

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you to acts

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, Master

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tare thus upon

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you thus with

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will you

worms of stin

thou to

nd his Wife, t

WILLIAM

, who are

villain! that pr

our brothers an

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IL. K

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me, y'are shame

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r, here's my husb

ce in him,

s, what is pass'd

best to mend,

orget, and say if

rief for futu

all this to m

mise of succee

t this

you that your lord

you that he knew

or't, and for

double of the

eas'd our

en me a d

d that

his, the puni

ll this

gracious to

, and has his

fe, not life-e

urs-yours-to my so

sorry I have

I be thankfu

whist! why

comfort as he

ll see paid, and

ve withal, my sou

nest servant,

ese, and all m

ll admonish

tion's hope b

gue, or let it

ence it sha

hus shall nourish wit

ou and I w

ther [Embrace. Children and servants pay their

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so ends all

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ld English Drama

m the son of Old Lusam and brother of Mistress Arthur, but afterwards changed his intention: in

d copy,

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copies,

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s give this li

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ster is made to blunder, so that bene m

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d copies

d copies

in the sense of above the law. Perhaps Young Arthur may int

tt's "Proverbs,

., The ho

copy, fl

t might be impossible to restore the true reading.

ritten and acted some years b

n. The diversion is of long standing, having been in use with the

d copy,

be first manifest that my Father left Land, and then we will rather agree at home, the

e is a contracted form of beforne, a goo

or there are two sons recovered in that play, and the incident of finding a long-lost chil

the old copi

d copy,

copy, l

ld copi

ar was used where there was a necessity for representing bloo

copy, u

ld cop

d copy,

py, clear th

ted sentences out of Spenser, Constable, and the rest, digested under a co

e editor of "Belvidere" was John Bodenham, but

he device on the ti

he old copies

e copies

reader to see a few specimens of their several abilities. Constable was esteemed the first sonneteer of

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ooded with bli

nd with buzzard

from love of l

Muse to mount

e not wont to

time such sobe

es from love of

ings of time

in'st all world

e with angels'

hind, and Cupid

d, lest Fame's wi

ed from fame tho

lees, the more

r writing elegant odes, pastoral songs, sonnets, and madrigals. His "Euphues' Golden Legacy" was printed

ate choak'd

rray'd i

springs wi

issolves

re deck'd w

s are cl

crown'd w

n boughs

s upon t

ith pleas

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s and luck

ydney, with Daniel, Lodge, Constable, and others, in the pastora

ocks exceed t

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igh and fair,

music all, o

p, as like can

angs, like Iri

e is straight,

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sweet perfume

red than any

hite than aged

sparent is, lik

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uch, as Momus

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rts she hath

one is cause

t piece of evidence in favour of the id

vis [author of "No

d copy,

and Maevius of that time. The latte

wings to age

ount to places

woful child to

ed on foot and

r from Du Bartas of the "History of Judith," 8vo, 1584. Lock published in 1597 a

abeth's reign: the work here censured was, no doubt,

wed atheist. He lost his life in a riotous fray; for, detecting his servant with his mistress, he rushed into the room with a dagger in order to stab him, but the man warded

ted in som

ted in som

rror for Magistrates," 4to, [1574. It is reprin

fly exerted in prose; and he is said to have more effectually discouraged and nonplussed Penry, the most notorious anti-prelate, Richard Harvey the astrolog

tch fresh light f

drives the sun t

with red streaks

vening dew falls

stocco, or

A t

copies re

bered, was called by Harvey Danter's man, because some

in the French and Latin scraps, as the speaker d

copies,

copies,

opies, Fly-

ld copy

d copy,

d copy,

d copies

s usual given so as to make utter nonse

rophises Apollo, the Muses

ld copy

to the blindn

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copy, sk

e., my v

this line is giv

face. Old

A play is intended on the

being an abbreviation, rhy

printed Most like, as if it was an afterthou

d copy,

No om

old mythological t

ol. The term poser is still retained in the schools at [St Paul's,] Winchester and Eton. Two Fellows are annually deputed by the Society of New College in Oxfo

in immediate allusion to what has just passed. After all, the alteration is not very vital, as

] G

at hunts by scent wild beasts, birds, and e

iwell's "Dicti

ers to Amore

efines it to mean spleen, caprice. He does not cite it

copy, r

hich were formerly interchangeable terms,

lizabeth died March 24, 1602-3. Inasmuch as there is this special reference in "The Return from Parnassus" to the Queen's day, and not to King James's day, we have a certain evidence that the play

I tooke of, whic

ins altered the word un

eth. Old copi

copy, bit

but should we not re

. The expression, "He is as glad as if he had taken Ostend," surely proves that this play was written after the beginning of 1601 and the commencement of the siege. It does not prove it to have

pies. Hawkins altere

be pronounced a

omitted in one of the Oxford

ld copy,

ord, and Dr Ingleby's, read nim

Old cop

Old co

e Oxford copie

e Oxford copie

of the cop

o state a point of law by way of exercise

d copy,

Old cop

ght departur

6. The host says, "They [the Germans] shall have my horses, but I'll make them pay, I'll sauce them. They have had my house a week at command; I have turned away my other guests. They m

d copy,

[Tal

A very great critic pronounces it an obsolete expression of surprise, contracted from grant me mercy; and cites a passage in "Titus

ius, here's th

e message t

ad message from h

with all the hu

honours fro

an gods confound

cy, lovely Lucius

both decipher'd

with rape. [Aside]

well advis'd,

t weapon of

your honour

ome: for so h

and with his

, that wheneve

rmed and app

u both-like blood

c. 2. [The text is the same i

sc. 3. [Gifford's edit.

ade, perhaps intentionally, to call

"Nine Daies Wonder

pted from St Leger, a favourit

ld copy

u part

Cambridge still w

it is presumed, is

r part

Cambridge still w

er q, the mark of a farthing in college buttery-books. To size means to battle, or to be charged in the college ac

mperfect edition of "The Spanish Tragedy;" in

pluck me from

hill,

. 5

s this sentence false

Old co

Perhaps, however, the po

d copy,

n allusion to Shakespeare, than the passage in

Old cop

to's page, personating his master, is so nicknamed by the oth

ld copy,

Old cop

ld copy,

run. Mr Ebswort

d copy,

ld copy

he old copies

d copy,

ay is not div

] [C

[Shear

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ld copie

copy, fates

d copy, s

py, as before

d copy, d

ld copy,

[Res

er fortunate Venus. The 4to of 1623 r

[Int

loquence, and so it stan

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[See p

ude to some real cir

[Att

Bergen-

Old cop

See Nares, edit. 1

Old cop

] [O

[Wor

a summons or writ. O

kindly lent to me by the Rev. J.W. Eb

, 1658, a sufficient reason for the absence

rd in the same sense in the title of a tract printed in 1603, as it was afterwards

he bloody Tragedies of all these are onely acted by the women, who, carrying long knives or skeanes

re," quoth one, "and

rom underneath their

and his bawds with sa

ns and Mr Nichols on "Romeo

reads, red buskins drawn w

Night's Dream," vol. iii. p. 63, and "King Rich

kind of composition called a Ground, with its Divisions.

to be a musical term. See note

sun and music

or whistlin

Petitionar

lier to girls; but gulls

but as the two last words seem only the prompter's memoranda, th

] Re

Malone's note on "Cor

the blushing childhood, alluding to the ruddines

grandchild to t

sements of the

Pe

"Hamlet,"

t mantle clad, Walks o'er the

n which the licensed fools or jesters anciently carried in their hand

of sovereignty. The notion is too vague to be depended upon, and too ridiculous either to establish or refute. It may, however, not be unnecessary to mention that Cromwell was born in 1599, and the first

ge as the reading of the old copies, which it is not. See Mr Brae's paper read b

self; but it is hard to say how this could be made out, as Tactus cannot

Edit.,

ht himselfe to be a glasse, and had not his imagination troubled, otherwise then in this onely thing, for he could speake mervailouslie well of any other thing: he u

conclaves.-Collier. [First

Surphlet

on to the myth o

d by Heywood. See Hazlitt's

except 1657, bidden, and

sently, f

[Edits

ld copies [includin

ense that lying

lli

, as Tactus is before called Deed

cles. So

p flight in many

eev

s Mendacio

gyptian knights. Dr

[Edits

Edits.,

or he means Ma

h no swords but sweards of bacon, which is intended for

ords, and sometimes

for phalanx

Edits.,

6]

the "First Part of

posed to represent the whistling sound produc

f. See a note on "The Merry Wives o

Graecia

historia.

divided into nine books, unde

im. See note to "The Sp

r Martyr's

ner. The farmers in Essex s

" by Beaumont and Fletc

cribing Laz

none

y Eaters, th

, as many dinner

eir Beavers, dr

more courtly k

ore after novel

a drinking betweene dinner and supper; and a bo?er,

te 19 to "Th

ed "The First Part of the Eighth Libe

iters, seems to have the same meaning as our numps. I am igno

out of a character. See a note on "Love's Labou

thing to keepe the body straight." The word, I am informed, is still in common use, particularly in the country among the farmers' daughters and servants, for

Edits.,

Dr Johnson says that it is a word of endearment from petit,

y Madam," by Massi

peats, and you

to your han

dicules these hyperbolical complime

it n

ee your mistres

hose glittering b

ad of eyes, an

de of snow! No

culated o

endant alab

out of coral,

earl: her tongue

trange chimera f

lli

Doff it in

g to the offi

that sense by the writers of the age of Shakespeare. It likewise appears to have been

a Lat. Gemellus, q.d. Annulus Gemellus, quoniam,

often mentioned i

ne quid falsi dicere audeat; deinde, ne quid v

id not show the least signs of resentment or anger; nay, such was the unparalleled good nature of this godlike man, that some strangers there, being desirous to see the original of this scenic picture, he rose up in the middle of the performance, stood all the rest of the time, and showed himself to the people; by which well-placed confidence in his own merit and innocence, remindi

endacio, Lingua's page, is intended. Pe

e, but wrongly, as it should seem, as the same persons remain on t

wks. See an account of them in the "Treatises on Fa

ote on Shakespeare's "Tempest,

e of Duns woulde a litle leve Sorbone College, and enter into my brea

It clearly means the mesh of the net, from what is said afterwards.-Collier. [But mask, in Halliwell's

of a tennis-court.-Hal

editions read odd mouthing; the text, however, is right; for old, as Mr Steevens observes, was formerly a common augmentative in colloquial language, and

34: "On Sunday at Masse there was old ringing of bells,

Utopian Treatises on

ave] wine instead of swine, which is clearly a misprint, as t

Old cop

[A flo

blockhead, a

although the pronoun has been always omitted. Anamnestes

Antiquities of Great

ther name

Edits.,

] Ch

in use. The manner in which it was played will appear from the f

Marcus's Li

ever at Pri

hts, and as lon

nce to idle t

s times and coi

ught himselfe ha

nd he had bu

eath set him s

t up upon a s

es from these gre

om his purse dre

east to venter

, quite was con

warily his

certainties

irtie, or on s

s rest, and s

his, he either

tus prime is wi

ver can enco

Ases, and for

r it with a h

tred, it avail

untring, he so

till he nine

his rest would

e hand, with whi

all his stocke

rtune he full

ldest hand and

w or never (th

eatest rest he

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th the stop, and

d his rest goes

k new spoile to

ds turne weeds,

ate he pawnes, h

rrow, and shift

t two catch-pol

they beare him

y set up all

ure to be enco

et primum visum, that is, first and first seene, because he that can show such an

e 30 to "The

ii. 318-19.] So in Dekker's "Belman's Nights-walke,

the game at cards so called. It was acted on the 14th December 1594. He also names a play entitled

s is given as a part of what

are no bounds or restraints with them.-Reed. They are not to b

her Ptole

ne espece de cuivre de montagne, comme son nom mesme le temoigne; c'est ce que nous appellons au jourd'huy du leton. It is a sort of mountain copp

any of the anecdotes which now pass current about him: "Shake-speare was god-father to one of Ben Jonson's children, and after the christning, being in a deepe study, Jonson came to cheere him up, and ask't him why he was so melancholy? No, faith, Ben (sayes he) n

dexterous. So in "Mac

d office de

acbeth," edit.

[Con

ficers of the old ec

gnorant

e, a babbling attornie. Rabula, ae, mas. gen. [Gre

eforn should rhyme to morn, as it does in the o

gnifies a way; so that agate is at or upon the way."-

e have arms for harms. In the old copies this sp

the head of a lion, the belly of

tine they call Bernicla, and more properly (from the Greek) Chenalopex-a creature well known in Scotland, yet rarely used in arms; but an ins

superstition, which, from a shell-fish, was transformed into

"Africa semper aliquid oportet novi."-S. Gosson's "School of Abuse

ive this speech

[The