Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10Fletcher, John
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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 06 of 10
Fletcher, John
English drama
_Gov._ Not we! nor can you tell.
_1. Attend._ No other cause,
But the old quarrel betwixt the Town and the Galleys.
_Gov._ Come nearer Gentlemen: what are your names?
_Phil._ My name _Philippo_.
_Theo._ And mine _Theodoro_.
_Gov._ Strangers you are it seems.
_Phil._ Newly arriv'd.
_Gov._ Then you are they begun this Tumult.
_Phil._ No Sir.
_[G]ov._ Speak one of you.
_1. Attend._ They are not, I can quit 'em.
_Theo._ Yet we saw part, and an unhappy part
Of this debate, a long sought friend of ours
Strook down for dead, and born unto the Galleys,
His name is _Mark-antonio_.
_Phil._ And another
Of our company, a Gentleman
Of noble birth, besides accompanyed
With all the gifts of nature, ravish'd hence
We know not how, in this dissention.
_Gov._ Get you home all, and work; and when I hear
You meddle with a weapon any more
But those belonging to your Trades, I'll lay you
Where your best Customers shall hardly find you. [_Exit Townsmen._
I am sorry gentlemen, I troubled you,
Being both strangers, by your tongues, and looks,
Of worth: To make ye some part of amends
If there be any thing in this poor Town
Of _Barcelona_ that you would command,
Command me.
_Theo._ Sir, this wounded Gentleman,
If it might please you, if your pow'r and love
Extend so far, I would be glad to wish
Might be remov'd into the Town for cure:
The Galleys stay not, and his wound I know
Cannot endure a voyage.
_Gov._ Sir, he shall,
I warrant you: Go call me hither Sirrah,
One of my other Servants. [_Exit 1. attendan[t]._
_Phil._ And besides.
The Gentleman we lost, Signior _Francisco_,
Shall be render'd too.
_Enter a Servant._
_Gover._ And he Sir too: Go sirrah, bear this ring
To _Roderigo_, my most noble friend,
The General of the Galleys: Tell him this. [_Exit servant._
_Whispers to his Servant._
_Theo._ Now we shall have 'em both.
_Phil._ Blest be thy thoughts
For apprehending this: blest be thy breath
For uttering it.
_Gov._ Come Gentlemen, you shall
Enter my roof: and I will send for Surgeons,
And you shall see your friends here presently.
_Theo._ His name was _Mark-antonio_.
_Gover._ I know it,
And have sent word so.
_Phil._ Did you not forget
_Francisco's_ name?
_Gover._ Nor his: y'are truly welcome,
To talk about it more, were but to say
The same word often over: you are welcome. [_Exeunt._
_Scæna Secunda._
_Enter_ Mark-antonio, _carried,_ Leocadia _following; and the
Servant. 2 Soldiers carrying him._
_Serv._ This is the house Sir.
_Mar._ Enter it, I pray you,
For I am faint, although I think my wound
Be nothing. Soldiers, leave us now: I thank you.
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