A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 03
General
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 03
English drama
BOTH. As it pleaseth you, so shall we agree.
NEW. Then see, that anon ye come both unto me.
RALPH. Sir, for my part, I thank you heartily:
I promised of late to come unto a company,
Which at Hob Filcher's for me do remain:
God be with you, and anon I will come again.
TOM. Farewell, brother Ralph, I will come to you anon.
[_Exit_ TOM.[344]
NEW. Come again, for you shall not so suddenly be gone.
_Here entereth_ HANCE _with a pot, and singeth as followeth_.
_See ye not who comes yonder? an old friend of yours:
One that is ready to quass at all hours._
[_He singeth the first two lines, and speaketh the rest as stammeringly
as may be._
_Quass in heart, and quass again, and quass about the house-a:
And toss the black bowl to and fro, and I brinks[345] them all
carouse-a._
Be go-go-gog's nowns, ch-ch-cha drunk zo-zo-much to-day:
That be-be-mass, ch-cham a-most drunk, ich da-da-dare zay.
Chud spe-spe-spend a goo-goo-good groat:
Tha-that ich cud vi-vind my ca-ca-captain To-To-Tom Tosspot.
[_He setteth him in the chair._
NEW. Sit down, good Hance, lest thou lie on the ground,
He knoweth not Tom Tosspot, I dare jeopard twenty pound.
TOM.[346] He will know me by and by, I hold you a crown.
How dost thou, servant Hance? how comes this to pass?
HANCE. Ma-ma-master To-To-Tom, ch-ch-cham glad by-by mass--
[_He drinketh._
Ca-ca-carouse to-to-to thee, go-go-good Tom.
NEW. Hold up, good Hance, I will pledge thee anon.
RALPH. Well, there is no remedy, but I must be gone.
HANCE. Ta-ta-tarry, good vellow, a wo-wo-word or twain:
If tho-tho-thou thyself do-do-do not come again.
Bi-bi-bid Philip Fleming co-co-come hither to me,
Vo-vo-vor he must lead me home, now ich do ze.
RALPH. Then, farewell, Hance, I will remember thy errant:
He will be here by and by, I dare be his warrant.
[_Exit_ RALPH ROISTER.
NEW. Farewell, Ralph Roister, with all my heart:
Come anon, and I will deliver thee thy part.
TOM. Now, Hance, right now thou drank'st to me,
Drink again, and I will pledge thee.
HANCE. _Omni po-po-po-tenti_, all the po-po-pot is empty.
NEW. Why, Hance, thou hast Latin in thy belly methink:
I thought there was no room for Latin, there is so much drink!
HANCE. Ich le-le-learned zome La-La-Latin, when ich was a la-la-lad:
Ich ca-ca-can zay _Tu es nebulo_, ich learn'd of my dad.
And ich could once he-he-help the p-p-priest to say mass:
By giss, ma-man, ich ha' been cu-cu-cunning, when 'twas.
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