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
_2._ And little _Luce_, with the white legs, and bouncing
_Barbary_.
_1._ And freckled _Nel_; that never fail'd her Master.
_Sch._ Where be your Ribands maids? swym with your Bodies
And carry it sweetly, and deliverly
And now and then a favor, and a friske.
_Nel._ Let us alone Sir.
_Sch._ Where's the rest o'th' Musick.
_3._ Dispers'd as you commanded.
_Sch._ Couple then
And see what's wanting; where's the _Bavian_?
My friend, carry your tail without offence
Or scandall to the Ladies; and be sure
You tumble with audacity, and manhood,
And when you bark doe it with judgement.
_Bau._ Yes Sir.
_Sch. Quo usque tandem?_ Here is a woman wanting.
_4._ We may goe whistle: all the fat's i'th' fire.
_Sch._ We have,
As learned Authors utter, wash'd a Tile,
We have been _fatuus_, and labour'd vainly.
_2._ This is that scornfull peece, that scurvy hilding
That gave her promise faithfully, she would be here,
_Cicely_ the Sempsters daughter:
The next gloves that I give her shall be dogs-skin;
Nay and she fail me once, you can tell _Arcas_,
She swore by wine, and bread, she would not break.
_Sch._ An E[e]l and woman,
A learned Poet sayes: unles by'th' tail
And with thy teeth thou hold, will either fail,
In manners this was false position.
_1._ A fire ill take her; do's she flinch now?
_3._ What
Shall we determine Sir?
_Sch._ Nothing,
Our business is become a nullity
Yea, and a woefull, and a pittious nullity.
_4._ Now when the credit of our Town lay on it,
Now to be frampall, now to piss o'th' nettle,
Goe thy ways, I'll remember thee, I'll fit thee.
_Enter Jaylor's daughter._
Daughter,
_The George alow, came from the South, from_
_The coast of Barbary a._
_And there he met with brave gallants of war_
_By one, by two, by three, a._
_Well hail'd, well hail'd, you jolly gallants,_
[Chair and stools out.
_And whither now are you bound a?_
_O let me have your company till come to the sound a._
_There was three fools, fell out about an howlet:_
_The one sed it was an owl_
_The other he sed nay,_
_The third he sed it was a hawk, and her bels were cut away._
_3._ There's a dainty mad woman Mr. comes i'th' Nick, as
mad as a march Hare; If we can get her dance, we are made
again: I warrant her, she'll do the rarest gambols.
_1._ A mad woman? we are made Boys.
_Sch._ And are you mad good woman?
_Daugh._ I would be sorry else,
Give me your hand.
_Sch._ Why?
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