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
_Bas._ I'll sing you a pleasant Air Sir, before you ebb.
SONG.
Pas. _Oh how my Lungs do tickle! ha, ha, ha._
_Bas. Oh how my Lungs do tickle! oh, oh, ho, ho._
Pas. Sings.
_Set a sharp Jest_
_Against my breast,_
_Then how my Lungs do tickle!_
_As Nightingales,_
_And things in Cambrick rails,_
_Sing best against a prickle,_
_Ha, ha, ha, ha._
Bas. _Ho, ho, ho, ho, ha._
Pas. _Laugh._
Bas. _Laugh._
Pas. _Laugh._
Bas. _Laugh._
Pas. _Wide._
Bas. _Loud._
Pas. _And vary._
Bas. _A smile is for a simpering Novice._
Pas. _One that ne'er tasted Caveare._
Bas. _Nor knows the smack of dear Anchovis._
Pas. _Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha._
Bas. _Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho._
Pas. _A gigling waiting wench for me,_
_That shews her teeth how white they be._
Bas. _A thing not fit for gravity,_
_For theirs are foul, and hardly three._
Pas. _Ha, ha, ha._
Bas. _Ho, ho, ho._
Pas. Democritus, _thou antient Fleerer,_
_How I miss thy laugh, and ha' since_.
Bas. _There you nam'd the famous Jeerer,_
_That ever jeer'd in_ Rome, _or_ Athens.
Pas. _Ha, ha, ha._
Bas. _Ho, ho, ho._
Pas. _How brave lives he that keeps a fool,_
_Although the rate be deeper!_
[B]as. _But he that is his own fool, Sir,_
_Does live a great deal cheaper._
Pas. _Sure I shall burst, burst, quite break, thou art so witty._
Bas. _'Tis rare to break at Court, for that belongs to th' City._
Pas. _Ha, ha, my spleen is almost worn to the last laughter._
Bas. _Oh keep a corner for a friend, a jest may come hereafter._
_Enter_ Lapet _and_ Clown, _and four other like fools, dancing,_
_the_ Cupid _leading, and bearing his Table, and holding it_
_up to_ Lapet _at every strain, and acting the postures_.
_Lap._ Twinge all now, twinge I say.
2 Strain.
Souse upon Souse.
3 Strain.
Douses single.
4 Strain.
Justle sides.
5 Strain.
Knee Belly.
6 Strain.
Kicksee Buttock.
7 Strain.
_La._ Downderry.
_Enter Soldier_, Shamont_'s brother; his sword drawn_.
_Sol._ Not angry Law, nor doors of Brass shall keep me,
From my wrongs expiation to thy Bowels,
I return my disgrace; and after turn
My face to any death that can be sentenc'd.
_Base._ Murder, oh murder, stop the murderer there--
_Lap._ I am glad he's gone; h'as almost trode my guts out;
Follow him who list for me, I'll ha' no hand in't.
_Clo._ Oh 'twas your luck and mine to be squelch'd, Mr.
H'as stamp'd my very Puddings into Pancakes.
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