Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 09 of 10Fletcher, John
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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 09 of 10
Fletcher, John
English drama
_Foro._ Ne'er thinke of him,
Though that captain writ a full hand gallop,
And wasted indeed more harmeless paper than
Ever did laxative Physick,
Yet will I make you to out-scribble him,
And set down what you please,
The world shall better believe you.
_Cox._ Worthy sir I thank you, there's mony.
_Foro._ A new office
For writing pragmaticall Curranto's.
_Pedant._ I am a school-master sir,
And would fain conferre with you
About erecting 4 new sects of religion at _Amsterdam_.
_Foro._ What the Divell should
New sects of religion doe there?
_Pedant._ I assure you I would get
A great deal of money by it.
_Foro._ And what are the 4 new sects
Of religion you would plant there?
_Ped._ Why that's it I come about sir,
'Tis a Divel of your raising must invent 'em,
I confess I am too weak to compass it.
_Foro._ So sir, then you make it a matter of no difficulty
To have them tolerated.
_Pedant._ Trouble not your self for that,
Let but your Divel set them a foot once.
I have Weavers, and Ginger-bread makers,
And mighty _Aquavitæ-men_, shall set them a going.
_Foro._ This is somewhat difficult,
And will aske some conference with the divell.
_Ped._ Take your own leasure sir,
I have another business too, because I mean
To leave _Italy_, and bury my self in those neather parts
Of the low countries.
_Foro._ What's that sir.
_Ped._ Marry I would fain make 9 dayes to the week,
for the more ample benefit of the captain.
_Foro._ You have a shrewd pate sir.
_Ped._ But how this might be compass'd?
_Foro._ Compass'd easily; tis but making
A new Almanack, and dividing the compass
Of the year into larger penny-worths,
As a Chandler with his compass makes
A Geometrick proportion of the _Holland_ cheese
He retailes by stivers.
But for getting of it licenc'd?
_Ped._ Trouble not your self with that sir,
There's your mony.
_Foro._ For four new sects of religions,
And 9 dayes to the week.
_Ped._ To be brought in at general pay-dayes,
Write I beseech you.
_Foro._ At generall pay-dayes.
_Taylor._ I am by profession a Taylor,
You have heard of me.
_Foro._ Yes sir, and will not steal from you
The least part of that commendation I have heard utter'd.
_Taylor._ I take measure of your worth sir,
And because I will not afflict you with any large bill
Of circumstances, I will snip off particulars.
I would fain invent some strange
And exquisite new fashions.
_Foro._ Are you not travel'd sir.
_Tay._ Yes sir, but have observ'd all we can see
Or invent, are but old ones with new names to'em,
Now I would some way or other grow more curious.
_Foro._ Let me see; to devise new fashions--
Were you never in the Moon?
_Tay._ In the Moon tavern! yes sir, often.
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