Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10Fletcher, John
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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 04 of 10
Fletcher, John
English drama
_Bel._ No let's away, Boys,
Out of the Air, and tumult of their Villanies;
Though I were married to that Grashopper,
And had her fast by th' legs I should think she would cozen me.
_Enter a young Factor._
_Fac._ Monsieur _Mirabel_, I take it?
_Mir._ Y'are i'th' right, Sir.
_Fac._ I am come to seek ye, Sir; I have been at your Fathers,
And understanding you were here.
_Mir._ Ye are welcom:
May I crave your name?
_Fac._ _Foss_, Sir, and your servant;
That you may know me better; I am Factor
To your old Merchant, _Leverdure_.
_Mir._ How do's he?
_Fac._ Well, Sir, I hope: he is now at _Orleance_,
About some business.
_Mir._ You are once more welcom,
Your Master's a right honest man; and one
I am much beholding to, and must very shortly
Trouble his love again.
_Fac._ You may be bold, Sir.
_Mir._ Your business if you please now?
_Fac._ This it is, Sir,
I know ye well remember in your travel
A _Genoa_ Merchant.
_Mir._ I remember many.
_Fac._ But this man, Sir, particular[l]y; your own benefit
Must needs imprint him in ye: one _Alberto_;
A Gentleman you sav'd from being Murther'd
A little from _Bollonia_,
I was then my self in _Italie_, and suppli'd ye,
Though haply, you have forgot me now.
_Mir._ No, I remember ye,
And that _Alberto_ too: a noble Gentleman:
More to remember, were to thank my self, Sir.
What of that Gentleman?
_Fac._ He is dead.
_Mir._ I am sorry.
_Fac._ But on his death-bed, leaving to his Sister
All that he had, beside some certain Jewels,
Which with a Ceremony, he bequeath'd to you,
In gratefull memory: he commanded strictly
His Sister, as she lov'd him and his peace,
To see those Jewels safe, and true deliver'd;
And with them, his last love. She, as tender
To observe his will, not trusting friend, nor servant,
With such a weight, is come her self to _Paris_,
And at my Masters house.
_Mir._ You tell me a wonder.
_Fac._ I tell ye a truth, Sir: She is young, and handsom,
And well attended: of much State, and Riches;
So loving, and obedient to her Brother;
That on my conscience, if he had given her also,
She would most willingly have made her tender.
_Mir._ May not I see her?
_Fac._ She desires it heartily.
_Mir._ And presently?
_Fac._ She is now about some business,
Passing accompts of some few debts here owing,
And buying Jewels of a Merchant.
_Mir._ Is she wealthie?
_Fac._ I would ye had her, Sir, at all adventure,
Her Brother had a main State.
_Mir._ And fair too?
_Fac._ The prime of all those parts of _Italie_,
For beautie, and for Courtesie.
_Mir._ I must needs see her.
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