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
_Pen._ They are gone,
Gone, swallow'd, _Drusus_, this eternal Sun
Shall never see 'em march more.
_Dru._ O turn this way,
And see a modell of the field, some forty,
Against four hundred.
_Pen._ Well fought, bravely follow'd;
O nobly charg'd again, charg'd home too: _Drusus_,
They seem to carry it: now they charge all, [_Loud._
Close, close, I say; they follow it: ye gods,
Can there be more in men? more daring spirits?
Still they make good their fortunes. Now they are gone too,
For ever gone: see _Drusus_ at their backs
A fearful Ambush rises. Farewell valours,
Excellent valours: O _Rome_, where's thy wisdome?
_Dru._ They are gone indeed, Sir.
_Pen._ Look out toward the Army,
I am heavy with these slaughters.
_Dru._ 'Tis the same still,
Covered with dust and fury.
_Enter the two Daughters, with_ Junius,
Curius, Decius, _and_ Souldiers.
_2 Daugh._ Bring 'em in,
Tie 'em, and then unarm 'em.
_1 Daugh._ Valiant _Romans_,
Ye are welcome to your Loves.
_2 Daugh._ Your death, fools.
_Dec._ We deserve 'em,
And women do your worst.
_1 Daugh._ Ye need not beg it.
_2 Daugh._ Which is kind _Junius_?
_Serv._ This.
_2 Daugh._ Are you my sweet heart?
It looks ill on't: how long is't, pretty soul,
Since you and I first lov'd? Had we not reason
To doat extreamly upon one another?
How does my Love? this is not he: my chicken
Could prate finely, sing a love-song.
_Jun._ Monster.
_2 Daugh._ Oh, now it courts.
_Jun._ Arm'd with more malice
Then he that got thee has the divell.
_2 Daugh._ Good.
Proceed, sweet chick.
_Jun._ I hate thee, that's my last.
_2 Daug._ Nay, and ye love me, forward: No? Come sister,
Let's prick our answers on our arrows points,
And make 'em laugh a little. Ye damn'd Leachers,
Ye proud improvident fools, have we now caught ye?
Are ye i'th' noose? Since ye are such loving creatures,
We'll be your _Cupids_: Do ye see these arrows?
We'll send them to your wanton livers, goats.
_1 Dau._ O how I'll trample on your hearts, ye villains,
Ambitious salt-itch slaves: _Romes_ master sins,
The mountain Rams topt your hot mothers.
_2. Daugh._ Dogs,
To whose brave founders a salt whore gave suck;
Theeves, honors hangmen, do ye grin? perdition
Take me for ever, if in my [fell] anger, [_Enter_ Caratach.
I do not out-do all example.
_Car._ Where,
Where are these Ladies? ye keep noble quarter,
Your Mother thinks ye dead or taken; upon which,
She will not move her Battel. Sure these faces
I have beheld and known, they are _Roman_ Leaders,
How came they here?
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