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
_Gent._ You are now within a mile o'th' Town Sir: if my business
Would give me leave, I would turn and wait upon ye;
But for such Gentlemen as you enquire of,
Certain, I saw none such: But for the boy ye spoke of,
I will not say 'tis he, but such a one;
Just of that height.
_Alph._ In such clothes?
_Gent._ I much mistake else,
Was sent in th' other night, a little maddish,
And where such people wait their cures--
_Alph._ I understand ye.
_Gent._ There you may quickly know.
_Alph._ I thank ye Sir.
_Jul._ So do I too: and if there be such a place,
I ask no more: but you shall hear more of me,
She may be there, and you may play the tyrant;
I'le see what I can do: I am almost foundred
In following him; and yet I'le never leave him,
I'le crawl of all four first; my cause is meritorious,
And come what can come.
_Gent._ All you have told me is certain;
Complexion, and all else.
_Alph._ It may be she then;
And I'le so fumble her: is she grown mad now?
Is her blood set so high? I'le have her madded,
I'le have her worm'd.
_Jul._ Mark but the end, old Master,
If thou beest not sick o'th' Bots within these five hours,
And kickst and roar'st; I'le make ye fart fire, Signior.
_Enter_ Alinda, _as a fool_.
_Gent._ Here's one o'th' house, a fool, an idiot Sir;
May be she is going home; she'l be a guide to ye:
And so I kiss your hand. [_Exit._
_Alph._ I am your servant.
_Alin._ O now I am lost, lost, lost, Lord, how I tremble!
My Father, arm'd in all his hates and angers;
This is more misery than I have scap'd yet.
_Alph._ Fool, fool.
_Alin._ He knows me not; will ye give me two pence?
And gaffer, here's a Crow-flower, and a Dazie;
I have some pie in my pocket too.
_Alph._ This is an arrant fool,
An ignorant thing.
_Alin._ Believe so, and I am happy.
_Alph._ Dost thou dwell in _Sigovia_, fool?
_Alin._ No no, I dwell in Heaven.
And I have a fine little house, made of Marmalad.
And I am a lone woman, and I spin for Saint _Peter_;
I have a hundred little children, and they sing Psalms with me.
_Alp._ 'Tis pity this pretty thing should want understanding.
But why do I stand talking with a coxcombe?
If I do find her, if I light upon her,
I'le say no more. Is this the way to th' Town, fool?
_Alin._ You must go over the top of that high steeple, Gaffer.
_Alp._ A plague o' your fools face.
_Jul._ No, take her counsel.
_Alin._ And then you shall come to a River twenty mile over,
And twenty mile and ten: and then you must pray, Gaffer;
And still you must pray, and pray.
_Alp._ Pray Heaven deliver me
From such an ass, as thou art.
_Alin._ Amen, sweet Gaffer.
And fling a sop of Suger-cake into it;
And then you must leap in naked.
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