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
_Lur._ I may meet with him yet e're I dye as cunning as he is.
_Wild._ You may do good _Tom_, at the [m]arriage,
We have plate and dainty things.
_Lur._ Do you no harm Sir;
For yet methinks the Marriage should be mar'd
If thou maist have thy will, farewell, say nothing. [_Exit._
_Enter Gentlemen._
_Wild._ You are welcome noble friends.
_1._ I thank you Sir,
Nephew to the old Lady, his name is _Wildbrain_,
And wild his best condition.
_2._ I have heard of him,
I pray ye tell me Sir, is young _Maria_ merry
After her Marriage rites? does she look lively?
How does she like her man?
_Wild._ Very scurvily,
And as untowardly she prepares her self,
But 'tis mine Aunts will, that this dull mettal
Must be mixt with her to allay her handsomeness.
_1._ Had _Heartlove_ no fast friends?
_Wild._ His means are little,
And where those littles are, as little comforts
Ever keep company: I know she loves him,
His memory beyond the hopes of ----
Beyond the _Indies_ in his mouldy Cabinets,
But 'tis her unhandsome fate.
_Enter_ Heartlove.
_1._ I am sorry for't,
Here comes poor _Frank_, nay we are friends, start not Sir,
We see you'r willow and are sorry for't,
And though it be a wedding we are half mourners.
_Fr._ Good Gentlemen remember not my fortunes,
They are not to be help'd by words.
_Wild._ Look up man,
A proper sensible fellow and shrink for a wench?
Are there no more? or is she all the handsomness?
_Fr._ Prethee leave fooling.
_Wild._ Prethee leave thou whining,
Have maids forgot to love?
_Fr._ You are injurious.
_Wild._ Let 'em alone a while, they'll follow thee.
_1._ Come good _Frank_.
Forget now, since there is no remedy,
And shew a merry face, as wise men would do.
_2._ Be a free guest, and think not of those passages.
_Wild._ Think how to nick him home, thou knowst she dotes on thee
Graff me a dainty medler on his crabstocke;
Pay me the dreaming puppy.
_Fr._ Well, make your mirth, the whilst I bear my misery:
Honest minds would have better thoughts.
_Wild._ I am her Kinsman,
A[n]d love her well, am tender of her youth,
Yet honest _Frank_, before I would have that stinkard,
That walking rotten tombe, enjoy her maidenhead.
_Fr._ Prethee leave mocking.
_Wild._ Prethee _Frank_ believe me,
Go to consider, hark, they knock to dinner. [_Knock within._
Come wo't thou go?
_2._ I prethee _Frank_ go with us,
And laugh and dance as we do.
_Fr._ You are light Gentlemen,
Nothing to weigh your hearts, pray give me leave,
I'll come and see, and take my leave.
_Wild._ We'll look for you,
Do not despair, I have a trick yet. [_Exit._
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