Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 05 of 10Fletcher, John
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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 05 of 10
Fletcher, John
English drama
_Alph._ She always kept that Key; I was a Coxcomb,
A Fool, an Ass, to give a Girl that liberty;
Saddle my Horses, Rogues, ye drunken Varlets,
Your precious diligence lies in Pint-pots,
Your Brains in Butts, my Horses, ye pin-Buttocks.
You'll bear me Company?
_Seb._ We dare not leave ye,
Unless we found a quieter soul within ye.
_Cur._ If we may do the Lady any service,
Sweet, gentle Soul.
_Alph._ I say again, my horses,
Are ye so hot? have ye your private Pilgrimages?
Must ye be jumping, Joan? I'll wander with ye;
I'll jump ye, and I'll juggle ye, my horses;
And keep me this young Lirry-poop within doors,
I will discover, Dame.
_Jul._ 'Tis fit you should, Sir,
If ye knew what; well Love, if thou beest with her,
Or what power else that arms her resolution,
Conduct her fair, and keep her from this mad-man,
Direct her to her wishes; dwell about her,
That no dishonourable end o'rtake her,
Danger, or want; and let me try my fortune.
_Alph._ You know the place we meet in?
_Seb._ We shall hit it.
_Alph._ And as ye are honest Gentlemen, endeavour.
_Cur._ We'l search the best we can; if she light in our hands.
_Alph._ I'll tye her to the horse-tail.
_Seb._ We know how to use her,
But not your way, for all your state.
_Alph._ Make haste there;
And get you in, and look to th' house. If you stir out, Damsel,
Or set a foot any new motion this way,
When I come home (which will be suddenly)
You know my mind; if you do play the Rascal,
I have my eyes and ears in sundry places,
If ye do praunce.
_Jul._ I shall do that that's fit, Sir;
And fit to cross your fooleries; I'll fail else:
And so I'll to my Chamber. [_Exit._
_Alph._ To your Prayers,
And leave your stubborn tricks; she is not far yet,
She cannot be, and we dividing suddenly.
_Cur._ Keep her from thy hands, I beseech.
_Alph._ Our horses;
Come chearfully. I'll teach her to run gadding. [_Exeunt._
SCENE II.
_Enter_ Roderigo, _and four Out-Laws._
_1 Out-law._ Captain, y'are not merry.
_Rod._ We get nothing,
We have no sport; whoring and drinking spoils us,
We keep no Guards.
_2 Out-law._ There come no Passengers,
Merchants, nor Gentlemen, nor whosoever,
But we have tribute.
_Rod._ And whilst we spend that idlely,
We let those pass that carry the best purchase.
I'll have all search'd, and brought in: Rogues, and Beggars,
Have got the trick now to become Bank-masters.
I'll have none scape; only my friends and neighbours,
That may deliver to the King my innocence;
Those I would have regarded; 'tis policy.
But otherwise nor gravities, nor shadows,
Appear they how they will, they may have purses,
For they shall pay.
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