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
_Ses._ Then wait the first occasion, and like _Curtius_,
I'll leap the gulph before you, fearless leap it:
Then follow me like men, and if our virtues
May buoy our Countrey up, and set her shining
In her first state; our fair revenges taken,
We have our noble ends or else our ashes. [_Exeunt._
_Actus V. Scæna Prima._
_Enter_ Ascanio, _and_ Martia _above._
_Mart._ As you are noble, keep me from discovery,
And let me only run a strangers fortune;
For when the King shall find I am his daughter
He ever holds most ominous, and hates most:
With what eyes can he look, how entertain me,
But with his fears and cruelties?
_Asc._ I have found you,
Suspect not, I am bound to what you like best,
What you intend, I dare not be so curious
To question now, and what you are, lies hid here.
_Enter_ Ferrand _and_ Ronvere _above._
The King comes, make your fortune, I shall joy in't.
_Ron._ All things are ready sir to make you merry,
And such a King, you shall behold him now.
_Fer._ I long for't,
For I have need of mirth.
_Ron._ The Lady sir.
_Fer._ Now as I am a King, a sprightly beauty,
A goodly sweet aspect! my thanks _Ronvere_,
My best thanks; on your lips I seal your wishes,
Be what you can; imagine mine, and happy.
And now sit down and smile; come my _Ascanio_;
And let this Monarch enter.
_Enter_ Sess. _and_ Mr. B[o]tsw. Gunner, _and_ Saylors.
_Ronv._ These are the _Switzers_:
I told your grace of.
_Fer._ Goodly promising fellows,
With faces to keep fools in awe, I like 'em;
Go guard the presence well, and do your duties,
To morrow I shall take a farther view:
_Sess._ You shall Sir,
Or I shall loose my will; how the whore's mounted!
How she sits thron'd! thou blasing muddy meteor,
That frightest the under world with lustful flashes,
How I shall dash thy flames! away, no word more.
[_Ex._ Sess. _and his company._ Florish Cor.
_Enter_ Villio, Castruchio, Doctor, _and a Guard._
_Fer._ Now, here he comes in glory; be merry Masters,
A Banquet too? [_meat conveyed away._
_Ron._ O, he must sit in State Sir!
_Asca._ How rarely he is usher'd! can he think now
He is a King indeed?
_Ron._ Mark but his countenance.
_Cast._ Let me have pleasures infinite, and to the height,
And women in abundance, many women,
_Enter Ladies._
I will disport my grace,
Stand there and long for me.
What have ye brought me here? is this a Feast
Fit for a Prince? a mighty Prince? are these things,
These preparations, ha?
_Doct._ May it please your grace?
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