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
_Cla._ First doe I break your Office o're your pate,
You Dog-skin-fac'd rogue, pilcher, you poor _John_,
Which I will beat to Stock-fish.
_Luc._ Sister.
_Bob._ Madam.
_Cla._ You Cittern-head, who have you talk'd to, ha? You nasty,
stinking, and ill-countenanc'd Cur.
_Bob._ By this hand, I'll bang your brother for this, when I
get him alone.
_Cla._ How? kick him _Lucio_, he shall kick you _Bob_,
Spight o' the nose, that's flat: kick him, I say,
Or I will cut thy head off.
_Bob._ Softly y' had best.
_Cla._ Now, thou lean, dry'd, and ominous visag'd knave,
Thou false and peremptory Steward, pray,
For I will hang thee up in thine own chain.
_Luc._ Good Sister do not choak him.
_Bob._ Murder, murder. [_Exit._
_Cla._ Well: I shall meet with ye: _Lucio_, who bought this?
'Tis a reasonable good one; but there hangs one
_Spain_'s Champion ne'er us'd truer: with this Staffe
Old _Alvarez_ has led up men so close,
They could almost spit in the Cannons mouth,
Whilst I with that, and this well mounted, scour'd
A Horse-troop through, and through, like swift desire,
And seen poor rogues retire, all gore, and gash'd
Like bleeding Shads.
_Luc._ Bless us, Sister _Clara_.
How desperately you talk: what d' ye call
This Gun a dag?
_Cla._ I'll give't thee: a _French_ petronel:
You never saw my _Barbary_, the _Infanta_
Bestow'd upon me, as yet _Lucio_?
Walk down, and see it.
_Luc._ What into the Stable?
Not I, the Jades will kick: the poor Groom there
Was almost spoil'd the other day.
_Cla._ Fie on thee,
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy Mother.
_Luc._ When will you be a woman?
_Enter_ Alvarez _and_ Bobadilla.
_Cla._ Would I were none.
But natures privy Seal assures me one.
_Alv._ Thou anger'st me: can strong habitual custome
Work with such Magick on the mind and manners,
In spight of sex and nature? find out sirrah,
Some skilful fighter.
_Bob._ Yes Sir.
_Alv._ I will rectifie,
And redeem eithers proper inclination,
Or bray 'em in a morter, and new mold 'em. [_Exit._
_Bob._ Believe your eyes, Sir, I tell you, we wash an _Ethiop_.
_Cla._ I strike it for ten Duckets.
_Alv._ How now _Clara_,
Your Breeches on still? and your petticoat
Not yet off _Lucio_? art thou not guelt?
Or did the cold _Muscovite_ beget thee,
That lay here Lieger in the last great frost?
Art not thou _Clara_, turn'd a man indeed
Beneath the girdle? and a woman thou?
I'll have you search'd by ---- I strongly doubt;
We must have these things mended: come goe in. [_Exit._
_Enter_ Vitelli _and_ Bobadilla.
_Bob._ With _Lucio_ say you? there is for you.
_Vit._ And there is for thee.
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