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._ Nothing, Sir, nothing;
I will go in, and quietly, most civilly:
And good Sir, let none of your tormentors come about me,
You have a gentle face; they look like Dragons.
_Mast._ Be civil and be safe: come, for these two daies
Ye must eat nothing neither: 'twill ease your fits Sir.
_Alph._ 'Twill starve me Sir; but I must bear it joyfully.
I may sleep?
_Mast._ Yes, a little: go in with these men.
_Alph._ O miserable me! [_Exit._
_Mast._ I'le follow presently,
You see 'tis done Sir,
_Jul._ Ye have done it handsomely,
And I'le inform the Duke so: pray ye attend him,
Let him want nothing, but his will.
_Mast._ He shall not,
And if he be rebellious--
_Jul._ Never spare him:
H'as flesh, and hide enough, he loves a whipping.
_Mast._ My service to his Grace. [_Exit._
_Jul._ I shall commend it.
So, thou art fast: I must go get some fresh room
To laugh, and caper in: O how it tickles me!
O how it tumbles me with joy! thy mouth's stopt:
Now if I can do my Mistris good, I am Sainted. [_Exit._
_Actus Quintus. Scena Prima._
_Enter_ Seberto, Curio.
_Seb._ Now, o' my conscience, we have lost him utterly,
He's not gone home: we heard from thence this morning,
And since our parting last at _Roderigo's_
You know what ground we have travel'd.
_Cur._ He's asleep sure:
For if he had been awake, we should have met with him:
'Faith let's turn back, we have but a fruitless journey;
And to hope further of _Alindas_ recovery,
(For sure she'l rather perish than return)
Is but to seek a Moth i'th' Sun.
_Seb._ We'l on sure;
Something we'l know, some cause of all this fooling,
Make some discovery.
_Cur._ Which way shall we cast then,
For all the Champion Country, and the villages,
And all those sides?
_Seb._ We'l cross these woods awhile then:
Here if we fail, we'l gallop to _Segovia_.
And if we light of no news there, hear nothing;
We'l even turn fairly home, and coast the other side.
_Cur._ He may be sick, or faln into some danger;
He has no guide, nor no man to attend him.
_Seb._ He's well enough, he has a travel'd body,
And though he be old, he's tough, and will endure well;
But he is so violent to finde her out,
That his anger leads him a thousand wild-goose chases:
I'le warrant he is well.
_Cur._ Shall we part company?
_Seb._ By no means, no: that were a sullen business:
No pleasure in our journey: come, let's cross here first,
And where we find the paths, let them direct us. [_Exeunt._
SCENE II.
_Enter_ Juletta, Alinda.
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