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
_Daugh._ 'Tis a sweet one,
And will perfume me finely against the wedding.
Is not this your Cosin _Arcite_?
_Doct._ Yes Sweet heart,
And I am glad my Cosin _Palamon_
Has made so fair a choice.
_Daugh._ Do you think he'll have me?
_Doct._ Yes without doubt.
_Daugh._ Do you think so too?
_Jail._ Yes.
_Daugh._ We shall have many children: Lord, how y'are [growne]
My _Palamon_ I hope will grow too finely
Now he's at liberty: alas poor Chicken,
He was kept down with hard Meat, and ill Lodging,
But I'll kiss him up again.
_Enter a Messenger._
_Mess._ What do you here? you'll lose the noblest sight,
That e'er was see[ne].
_Jail._ Are they i'th' field?
_Mess._ They are
You bear a charge there too.
_Jail._ I'll away straight
I must ev'n leave you here.
_Doct._ Nay, we'll goe with you,
I will not loose the Fight.
_Jail._ How did you like her?
_Doct._ I'll warrant you within these three or four days
I'll make her right again. You must not from her
But still preserve her in this way.
_Woo._ I will.
_Doct._ Let's get her in.
_Woo._ Come Sweet, we'll go to dinner
And then we'll play at Cards.
_Daugh._ And shall we kiss too?
_Woo._ A hundred times.
_Daugh._ And twenty.
_Woo._ I, and twenty.
_Daugh._ And then we'll sleep together.
_Doct._ Take her offer.
_Woo._ Yes marry will we.
_Daugh._ But you shall not hurt me.
_Woo._ I will not Sweet.
_Daugh._ If you do (Love) I'll cry. [Florish _Exeunt_.
_Scæna Tertia._
_Enter_ Theseus, Hippolita, Emilia, Perithous: _and_
_some Attendants_, T. Tuck: Curtis.
_Emil._ I'll no step further.
_Per._ Will you loose this sight?
_Emil._ I had rather see a Wren hawk at a Fly
Than this decision; ev'ry blow that falls
Threats a brave life, each stroke laments
The place wheron it falls, and sounds more like
A Bell, than Blade, I will stay here,
It is enough, my hearing shall be punish'd,
With what shall happen, 'gainst the which there is
No deafing, but to hear; not taint mine eye
With dread sights, it may shun.
_Per._ Sir, my good Lord
Your Sister will no further.
_Thes._ Oh she must.
She shall see deeds of Honor in their kind,
Which sometime shew well pencill'd. Nature now
Shall make, and act the Story, the belief
Both seal'd with eye, and ear; you must be present,
You are the victors meed, the price, and garland
To crown the Questions Title.
_Emil._ Pardon me,
If I were there, I'd wink.
_Thes._ You must be there;
This trial is as 'twere i' th' night, and you
The only Star to shine.
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