Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10 — John Shaqi
Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10Fletcher, John
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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10
Fletcher, John
English drama
_Fra._ I, this was sport that I have tightly lov'd,
I could have kept company with the Hounds.
_Bust._ You are fit for no other company yet.
_Fra._ Run with the Hare; and bin in the whore's tail y' faith:
_Bust._ That was before I was born,
I did ever mistrust I was a Bastard,
Because _Lapis_ is in the singular number with me.
_Enter_ Otrante _and_ Gerasto.
_Otr._ Leave thou that game (_Gerasto_) and chase here,
Do thou but follow it with my desires,
Thou'lt not return home empty.
_Ger._ I am prepar'd
(My Lord) with advantages: and see
Yonder's the subject I must work upon:
_Otr._ Her brother [?'tis,] methinks it should be easie:
That gross compound cannot but diffuse
The soul in such a latitude of ease,
As to make dull her faculties, and lazie:
What wit above the least can be in him,
That Reason ties together?
_Ger._ I have prov'd it, Sir,
And know the depth of it: I have the way
To make him follow me a hackney-pace,
With all that flesh about him; yes, and dragg
His Sister after him: This baits the old one,
Rid you him, and leave me to the other. [_Exit._
_Otr._ 'Tis well: Oh _Franio_, the good day to you;
You were not wont to hear this Musick standing:
The Beagle and the Bugle ye have lov'd,
In the first rank of Huntsmen.
_Bust._ The dogs cry out of him now.
_Fra._ Sirrah, leave your barking, I'll bite you else:
_Bust._ Curr, Curr.
_Fra._ Slave, do'st call me dog?
_Otr._ Oh fie Sir, he speaks _Latine_ to you,
He would know why you'll bite him.
_Bust. Responde cur_; You see his understanding (my Lord.)
_Fra._ I shall have a time to curry you for this:
But (my Lord) to answer you, the daies have been
I must have footed it before this Horn-pipe,
Though I had hazarded my Mill a fire,
And let the stones grind empty: but those dancings
Are done with me: I have good will to it still,
And that's the best I can do.
_Otr._ Come, come, you shall be hors'd:
Your company deserves him, though you kill him,
Run him blind, I care not.
_Bust._ He'll do't o'th' purpose (my Lord) to bring him up to the Mill.
_Fra._ Do not tempt me too far (my Lord.)
_Otr._ There's a foot i'th' stirrop: I'll not leave you now:
You shall see the Game fall once again:
_Fra._ Well (my Lord) I'll make ready my legs for you,
And try 'em once a horseback: sirrah, my charge, keep it. [_Exit._
_Bust._ Yes, when you pare down your dish for conscience sake,
When your thumb's coyn'd into _bone & legalis_,
When you are a true Man-Miller.
_Otr._ What's the matter _Bustofa_?
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