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
_Nur._ Why _Guennith, Guennith, du hummah Guennith_.
She is course Madam, after her countrey guise,
And were she in fine cloths--
_La._ I'll have her handsome:
_Enter_ Maria.
What part of _Wales_ were you born in?
_Ma._ In _Abehundis_ Mada[ms].
_Nur._ She speaks that name in _Welsh_, which we call _Brecknock_.
_La._ What can you do?
_Ma._ Her was toe many tings in _Walls_, know not the fashion
in _Londons_; her was milk the Cows, make seeze and butters,
and spin very well the Welsh _freeze,_ her was Cooke to te
Mountain Cots, and sing very fine prittish tunes, was mage good
ales and breds, and her know to dance on Sundays, marge you now
Madams.
_La._ A pretty innocence, I do like her infinitely, _Nurse_,
And if I live--
_Enter Servant._
_Ser._ Here is Mr. _Hartlove_, Madam, come to see you.
_La._ Alas poor Gentleman, prethee admit him.
_Enter_ Hartlove _and Gent_.
_Ha._ Madam, I am come to take my last leave.
_La._ How Sir?
_Ha._ Of all my home affections, and my friends,
For the interest you had once in _Maria_,
I would acquaint you when I leave the kingdom.
_La._ Would there were any thing in my poor power
That might divert your Will, and make you happy,
I am sure I have wrong'd her too, but let your pardon
Assure me you are charitable; she's dead
Which makes us both sad: What do you look on?
[_1._] The likest face--
_Ma._ Plesse us awle, why does that sentilman make such unders
and mazements at her, I know her not.
_Ha._ Be not offended maid.
_La._ How the wench blushes, she represents _Marias_ loss to him.
_Ma._ Will the sentilman hurt her? pray you be her defences,
was have mad phisnomies, is her troubled with Lunaticks in her
prain pans, bless us awle.
_Ha._ Where had you this face?
_Ma._ Her faces be our none, I warrant her.
_Ha._ I wonot hurt you, all the lineaments
That built _Maria_ up; all those springing beauties
Dwell on this thing, change but her tongue I know her:
Let me see your hand.
_Ma. Du Guin._ was never thieves, and robberies; here is no
sindge in her hands warrant her.
_Ha._ Trust me, the self-same white,
And softness, prethee speak our English Dialect.
_Ma._ Ha leggs? what does her speage hard urds to her, to make
poor _Guenith_ ridicles, was no mannerly sentilman to abuse her.
_Ha._ By the love,
That everlasting love I bear _Maria_--
_Ma. Maria_, her name was _Guenith_, and good names, was
poor else, oman maid, her have no fine kanags to madge her
tricksie[, yet] in her own cuntries was held a fine ense her
can tels her, and honest ense too, marg you dat now, her can
keep her little legs close enough, warrant her.
_La._ How prettily this anger shews.
_1._ She gabbles innocently.
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