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
_Mal._ And with that Gold
Which Don _Vitelli_ gives, you'll walk some voyage
And leave me to my Trade; and laugh, and brag,
How you o'er-reach'd a whore, and gull'd a Lord.
_Pio._ You anger me extreamly: fare you well.
What should I say to be believ'd? expose me
To any hazard; or like jealous _Juno_
(Th' incensed step-mother of _Hercules_)
Design me labours most impossible,
I'll doe 'em, or die in 'em; so at last
You will believe me.
_Mal._ Come, we are friends: I do,
I am thine, walk in: my Lord has sent me outsides,
But thou shall have 'em, the colours are too sad:
_Pio._ 'Faith Mistriss, I want clothes indeed.
_Mal._ I have
Some Gold too, for my servant.
_Pio._ And I have
A better mettal for my Mistriss. [_Exeunt._
_Scæna Tertia._
_Enter_ Vitelli _and_ Alguazier, _at several doors_.
_Alg._ Undone--wit now or never help me: my Master
He will cut my throat, I am a dead Constable;
And he'll not be hang'd neither, there's the grief:
The party, Sir, is here.
_Vit._ What?
_Alg._ He was here;
I cry your Lordship mercy: but I ratled him;
I told him here was no companions
For such debauch'd, and poor condition'd fellows;
I bid him venture not so desperately
The cropping of his ears, slitting his nose,
Or being gelt.
_Vit._ 'Twas well done.
_Alg._ Please your honor,
I told him there were Stews, and then at last
Swore three or four great oaths she was remov'd,
Which I did think I might, in conscience,
Being for your Lordship.
_Vit._ What became of him?
_Alg._ Faith Sir, he went away with a flea in's ear,
Like a poor cur, clapping his trundle tail
Betwixt his legs.--_A chi ha, a chi ha, a chi ha_--now luck.
_Enter_ Malroda _and_ Piorato.
_Mal._ 'Tis he, do as I told thee: Bless thee Signior.
Oh, my dear Lord.
_Vit. Malroda_, what alone?
_Mal._ She never is alone, that is accompanied
With noble thoughts, my Lord; and mine are such,
Being only of your Lordship.
_Vit._ Pretty Lass.
_Mal._ Oh my good Lord, my Picture's done: but 'faith
It is not like; nay, this way Sir, the light
Strikes best upon it here.
_Pio._ Excellent wench. [_Exit._
_Alg._ I am glad the danger's over. [_Exit._
_Vit._ 'Tis wondrous like,
But that Art cannot counterfeit what Nature
Could make but once.
_Mal._ All's clear; another tune
You must hear from me now: _Vitelli_, thou'rt
A most perfidious and a perjur'd man,
As ever did usurp Nobility.
_Vit._ What meanst thou _Mal_?
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