Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 10 of 10Fletcher, John
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Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 10 of 10
Fletcher, John
English drama
_Pas._ There you lie _Cupid_,
As bad as _Mercury_: there is no handsomness,
But has a wash of Pride and Luxury,
And you go there too _Cupid._ Away dissembler,
Thou tak'st the deeds part, which befools us all;
Thy Arrow heads shoot out sinners: hence away,
And after thee I'll send a powerful charm,
Shall banish thee for ever.
_Cup._ Never, never,
I am too sure thine own. [_Exit._
Pas. Sings.
_Hence all you vain Delights,_
_As short as are the nights,_
_Wherein you spend your folly,_
_There's nought in this life sweet,_
_If man were wise to see't_,
_But only melancholly,_
_Oh sweetest melancholly._
_Welcome folded Arms, and fixed Eyes,_
_A sigh that piercing mortifies,_
_A look that's fastened to the ground,_
_A tongue chain'd up without a sound._
_Fountain heads, and pathless Groves,_
_Places which pale passion loves:_
_Moon-light walks, when all the Fowls_
_Are warmly hous'd, save Bats and Owls;_
_A mid-night Bell, a parting groan,_
_These are the sounds we feed upon;_
_Then stretch our bones in a still gloomy valley,_
_Nothing's so dainty sweet, as lovely melancholly._ [_Exit._
_Enter at another door_ Lapet, _the_ Cupid_'s Brothers_
_watching his coming_.
_1 Bro._ So, so, the Woodcock's ginn'd;
Keep this door fast brother.
_2 Bro._ I'll warrant this.
_1 Bro._ I'll goe incense him instantly;
I know the way to't.
_2 Bro._ Will't not be too soon think you,
And make two fits break into one?
_1 Bro._ Pah, no, no; the tail of his melancholy
Is always the head of his anger, and follows as close,
As the Report follows the powder.
_Lap._ This is the appointed place, and the hour struck,
If I can get security for's truth,
I'll never mind his honesty, poor worm,
I durst lay him by my wife, which is a benefit
Which many Masters ha' not: I shall ha' no Maid
Now got with child, but what I get my self,
And that's no small felicity: in most places
Th'are got by th' Men, and put upon the Masters,
Nor shall I be resisted when I strike,
For he can hardly stand; these are great blessings.
_Pas._ I want my food, deliver me a Varlet. [_Within._
_Lap._ How now, from whence comes that?
_Pas._ I am allow'd a carkass to insult on;
Where's the villain?
_Lap._ He means not me I hope.
_Pas._ My maintenance rascals; my bulk, my exhibition.
_[L]ap._ Bless us all,
What names are these? Would I were gone agen.
_The passionate man enters in fury with a Truncheon._
He Sings.
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