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
_Mont._ The carrion of knaves is very strong in my nostrils.
_Lav._ We came to admire, and find Fame was a niggard,
Which we thought prodigal in our report
Before we saw you.
_Lam._ Tush Sir, this Courtship's old.
_La-p._ I'll fight for thee, sweet wench,
This is my tongue, and woes for me.
_Lam._ Good man of War,
Hands off; if you take me, it must be by siege,
Not by an onset; and for your valour, I
Think that I have de[ser]ved few enemies,
And therefore need it not.
_Mal._ Thou need'st nothing, sweet Lady, but an obsequious husband,
and where wilt thou find him, if not in the City? We are true
_Muscovites_ to our Wives, and are never better pleased, than when
they use us as slaves, bridle and Saddle us; Have me, thou shalt
command all my wealth as thine own, thou shalt sit like a Queen in
my Ware-house; And my Factors at the return with my ships, shall
pay thee tribute of all the rarities of the earth; thou shalt wear
gold, feed on delicates, the first Peascods, Strawberries, Grapes,
Cherries shall--
_Lam._ Be mine; I apprehend what you would say,
Those dainties which the City pays so dear for,
The Countrey yields for nothing, and as early;
And, credit me, your far-fet viands please not
My appetite better than those that are near hand.
Then for your promis'd service and subjection
To all my humors, when I am your wife,
Which [as] it seems, is frequent in the City,
I cannot find what pleasure they receive
In using their fond Husbands like their Maids;
But of this, more hereafter: I accept
Your proffer kindly, and yours; my house stands open
To entertain you, take your pleasure in it,
And ease after your journey.
_La. Orl._ Do you note the boldness of the fellows?
_Lam._ Alas Madam, a Virgin must in this be like a Lawyer,
And as he takes all Fees; she must hear all suitors; the
One for gain, the other for her mirth; stay with the
Gentlemen, we'll to the Orchards.
[_Exeunt_ Lamira, _Lady_ Orleance, Vera. _and_ Charl.
_La-p._ ---- What art thou?
_Mont._ An honest man, though poor;
And look they like to monsters, are they so rare?
_Lav._ Rose from the dead.
_Mal._ Do you hear Monsieur _Serviture_, didst thou never hear of
one _Montague_, a prodigal gull, that lives about _Paris_?
_Mont._ So Sir.
_Lav._ One that after the loss of his main estate in a Lawsute,
bought an Office in the Court.
_La-p._ And should have Letters of _Mart_, to have the _Spanish_
treasure as it came from the _Indies_; were not thou and he twins?
put off thy Hat, let me see thy Fore-head.
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