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
_Ver._ Save ye together, my sweet Gentlemen,
I have been looking--
_Ter._ Not for Money, Sir?
You know the hard time.
_Ver._ Pardon me sweet (_Signior_)
Good faith the least thought in my heart, your love Gentlemen,
Your love's enough for me: Money? hang money:
Let me preserve your love.
_Lis._ Yes marry shall ye,
And we our credit, you would see the Court?
_Mon._ He shall see every place.
_Ver._ Shall I i'faith Gentlemen?
_Ped._ The Cellar, and the Buttry, and the Kitchin,
The Pastry, and the Pantry.
_Ter._ I, and taste too
Of every Office: and be free of all too:
That he may say when he comes home in glory.
_Ver._ And I will say, i'faith, and say it openly,
And say it home too: Shall I see the King also?
_Lis._ Shalt see him every day: shalt see the Ladies
In their _French_ clothes: shalt ride a hunting with him,
Shalt have a Mistriss too: we must fool handsomely
To keep him in belief, we honor him,
He may call on us else.
_Ped._ A pox upon him.
Let him call at home in's own house for salt butter.
_Ver._ And when the King puts on a new suit.
_Ter._ Thou shalt see it first,
And desect his doublets: that thou maist be perfect.
_Ver._ The Wardrobe I would fain view, Gentlemen,
Fain come to see the Wardrobe.
_Lis._ Thou shalt see it,
And see the secret of it, dive into it:
Sleep in the Wardrobe, and have Revelations
Of fashions five years hence.
_Ver._ Ye honor me.
Ye infinitely honor me.
_Ter._ Any thing i' th' Court, Sir,
Or within the compass of a Courtier.
_Ver._ My wife shall give ye thanks.
_Ter._ You shall see any thing.
The privat[st] place, the stool, and where 'tis emptied.
_Ver._ Ye make me blush, ye pour your bounties, Gentlemen,
In such abundance.
_Lis._ I will shew thee presently
The order that the King keeps when he comes
To open view, that thou may'st tell thy neighbors
Over a shoulder of mutton, thou hast seen something,
Nay, thou shalt present the King for this time.
_Ver._ Nay, I pray Sir.
_Lis._ That thou maist know what State there does belong to it;
Stand there I say, and put on a sad countenance,
Mingled with height: be cover'd, and reserved;
Move like the Sun, by soft degrees, and glorious,
Into your order (Gentlemen) uncover'd,
The King appears; We'll sport with you a while, Sir,
I am sure you are merry with us all the year long (Tailor)
Move softer still, keep in that fencing leg; _Monsieur_,
Turn to no side.
_Enter_ Franio _out of breath_.
_Ter._ What's this that appears to him?
_Lis._ 'Has a petition, and he looks most lamentably,
Mistake him, and we are made.
_Fra._ This is the King sure,
The glorious King, I know him by his gay clothes.
_Lis._ Now bear your self that you may say hereafter.
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