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
_Mount._ Ye have won: I'll once be coward
To pleasure you.
_Mir._ I kiss your hands, and thank ye.
_Mount._ Be tender of my credit, and fight bravely.
_Mir._ Blow not the fire that flames.
_Mount._ I'll send mine Armor,
My man shall presently attend ye with it,
For you must arm immediately, the hour calls,
I know 'twill fit ye right; be sure, and secret,
And last be fortunate; farewel: ye are fitted:
I am glad the load's off me.
_Mir._ My best _Mountferrat_. [_Exeunt._
_Scæna Quarta._
_Enter_ Norandine _and Doctor_.
_Nor._ Doctor, I will see the Combat, that's the truth on't
If I had never a leg, I would crawl to see it.
_Doct._ You are most unfit, if I might counsel ye,
Your wounds so many, and the air--
_Nor._ The Halter;
The air's as good an air, as fine an air;
Wouldst thou have me live in an Oven?
_Doct._ Beside the noise, Sir:
Which to a tender body.
_Nor._ That's it, Doctor,
My body must be cur'd withal: if you'll heal me quickly,
Boil a Drum-head in my broth: I never prosper,
With knuckles o' Veal, and birds in Sorrel sops,
Cawdles, and Cullysses; they wash me away
Like a horse had eaten grains: if thou wilt cure me,
A pickled herring, and a pottle of Sack: Doctor,
And half a dozen Trumpets.
_Doct._ Y' are a strange Gentleman.
_Nor._ As e'r thou knew'st: wilt thou give me another glister
That I may sit cleanly there like a _French_ Lady,
When she goes to a Mask at Court? where's thy hoboy?
_Doct._ I am glad ye are grown so merry.
_Nor._ Welcome Gent[l]emen.
_Enter_ Astor., _and_ Castr.
_Ast._ We come to see you, Sir; and glad we are
To see you thus, thus forward to your health, Sir.
_Nor._ I thank my Doctor here.
_Doct._ Nay, thank your self, Sir,
For by my troth, I know not how he's cur'd,
He ne'r observes any of our prescriptions.
_Nor._ Give me my Money again then, good sweet Doctor,
Wilt thou have twenty shillings a day for vexing me.
_Doct._ That shall not serve ye Sir; [_Drums afar off. A low March._
_Nor._ Th[e]n forty shall Sir,
And that will make ye speak well: hark the Drums.
_Cast._ They begin to beat to th' field: Oh noble _Dane_,
Never was such a stake, I hope of innocence
Plaid for in _Malta_, and in bloud before.
_Ast._ It makes us hang our heads all.
_Nor._ A bold villain:
If there be treason in it: accuse poor Ladies?
And yet they may do mischief too: I'll be with ye:
If she be innocent, I shall find it quickly,
And something then I'll say.
_Ast._ Come, lean on us, Sir.
_Nor._ I thank ye Gentlemen: and _Domine Doctor_,
Pray bring a little sneezing powder in your pocket,
For fear I sound when I see [bloud].
_Doct._ You are pleasant. [_Exeunt._
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