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
_1. Sold._ Heaven send you health Sir.
_Serv._ Let me lead you in.
_Mark._ My wound's not in my feet; I shall entreat 'em
I hope to bear me so far. [_Exit._
_2. Sold._ How seriously these land men fled, when our General made a
Shot, as if he had been a warning to call 'em to their Hall.
_1. Sold._ I cannot blame 'em, What man have they now in the
Town, able to maintain a Tumult, or uphold a matter out
Of square if need be? O the quiet hurley burleys that I
Have seen in this Town, when we have fought four hours
Together, and not a man amongst us so impertinent or
Modest to ask why? but now the pillars that bare
Up this blessed Town in that regular debate, and
Scambling, are dead, the more's the pitty.
_2. Sold._ Old _Ignatio_ lives still.
_1. Sold._ Yes, I know him: he will do prettily well at a mans liver:
But where is there any man now living in the Town
That hath a steady hand, and understands _Anatomy_
Well? if it come to a particular matter of the lungs,
Or the spleen, why? alas _Ignatio_ is to seek; are
There any such men left as I have known, that
Would say they would hit you in this place? is there
Ever a good heartist, or a member-percer, or a
Small-gut man left in the Town, answer
Me that?
_2. Sold._ Mass, I think there be not.
_1. Sold._ No, I warrant thee. Come, come, 'tis time
We were at the Galleys. [_Exeunt._
_Enter_ Governor, Eugenia, Mark-antonio, Philippo, Theodosia,
Leocadia, _Attendants._
_Gover._ Sir, you may know by what I said already,
You may command my house; but I must beg
Pardon to leave you, if the publick business
Forc'd me not from you, I my self should call it
Unmannerly: but good Sir, do you give it
A milder name: it shall not be an hour
Ere I return.
_Mar[c]._ Sir, I was nere so poor
In my own thoughts, as that I want a means
To requite this with.
_Gov._ Sir, within this hour. [_Exit._
_Marc._ This the Lady that I quarrell'd for?
O lust if wounds cannot restrain thy power,
Let shame: nor do I feel my hurt at all,
Nor is it ought, only I was well beaten:
If I pursue it, all the civil world
That ever did imagine the content
Found in the band of man and wife unbroke,
The reverence due to housholds, or the blemish
That may be stuck upon posterity
Will catch me, bind me, burn upon my forehead,
This is the wounded stranger, that receiv'd
For charity into a house, attempted--
I will not do it.
_Eug._ Sir, how do you do now?
That you walk off.
_Marc._ Worse Madam, than I was;
But it will over.
_Eug._ Sit, and rest a while.
_Marc._ Where are the Surgeons?
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