A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 13Dodsley, Robert
General
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 13
Dodsley, Robert
English drama
_Enter +Randall+._
+Ran.+ Spur did hur call hur? have made Randalls stand without
poots in fery pitiful pickles; but hur will run as nimbles to
Londons as creyhound after rabbits. And yet, now hur remember
what hur cozens talkt, was some wiser and some, too, Randalls
heard talk of parn upon left hand, and a prave bag with hundred
pounds in round shillings, Cod pless us! And yonder was parns,
and upon left hands too: now here was questions and demands to
be made, why Randalls should not rob them would rob Randalls?
hur will go to parns, pluck away pords, pull out pags, and
show hur cozen a round pair of heels, with all hur round
shillings; mark hur now. [_Exit._
_Enter +Captain+ and +Lieutenant+._
+Lieut.+ The rogue rose[25] right, and has outstripped us. This
was staying in Kingston with our unlucky hostess, that must be
dandled, and made drunk next her heart; she made us slip the
very cream o' th' morning: if anything stand awkward, a woman's
at one end on't.
+Capt.+ Come, we've a hundred pieces good yet in the barn; they
shall last us and Sander[26] a month's mirth at least.
+Lieut.+ O these sweet hundred pieces! how I will kiss you and
hug you with the zeal a usurer does his bastard money when he
comes from church. Were't not for them, where were our hopes?
But come, they shall be sure to thunder in the taverns. I but
now, just now, see pottle-pots thrown down the stairs, just
like serjeants and yeomen, one i' th' neck of another.
+Capt.+ Delicate vision! [_Exeunt._
_Enter +Randall+._
+Ran.+ Hur have got hur pag and all by the hand, and hur had
ferily thought in conscience, had not been so many round
sillings in whole worlds, but in Wales: 'twas time to supply
hur store, hur had but thirteenpence halfpenny in all the
worlds, and that hur have left in hur little white purse, with
a rope hur found py the parn, just in the place hur had this.
Randalls will be no servingmans now; hur will buy her prave
parels, prave swords, prave taggers, and prave feathers, and go
a-wooing to prave, comely, pretty maids. Rob Randalls, becat!
and hur were ten dozen of cousins, Randalls rob hur; mark hur
now. [_Exit._
_Enter +Captain+ and +Lieutenant+._
+Lieut.+ A plague of Friday mornings! the most unfortunate day
in the whole week.
+Capt.+ Was ever the like fate? 'sfoot, when I put it in, I was
so wary, though it were midnight, that I watched till a cloud
had masked the moon, for fear she should have seen't.
+Lieut.+ O luck!
+Capt.+ A gale of wind did but creep o'er the bottom, and,
because I heard things stir, I stayed; 'twas twelve score past
me.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
Reviews
Reviews
No reviews yet
Be the first to share your thoughts on this work.
Join the Discussion
Join the discussion
Sign in to leave a comment or review.
Sign InorCreate an account