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
_Y[e] should stay longer if we durst,_
_Away, alas! that he that first_
_Gave time wild wings to fly away,_
_H[ath] now no power to make him stay._
_[But] though these games must needs be plaid,_
_I would th[is] pair, when they are laid,_
_And not a creature nigh 'em,_
_[Could] catch his sithe, as he doth pass,_
_And [cut] his wings, and break his glass,_
_And keep him ever by 'em._
The fifth Song, when all is done, as they ascend
_Peace and silence be the guide_
_To the Man, and to the Bride:_
_If there be a joy y[e]t new_
_In marriage, let it fall on you,_
_That all the world may wonder:_
_If we should stay, we should do worse,_
_And turn our blessings to a curse,_
_By keeping you asunder._
Four PLAYS in One.
The Persons represented in the Play.
Emanuel, _King of_ Portugal, & Castile.
Isabella, _his Queen_.
Lords.
Frigoso, _a Courtier_. } _Spectators of the Play at the_
Rinaldo, _his acquaintance_. } _celebration of their Nuptials._
The Triumph of Honor.
Martius, _a Roman General_.
Valerius, _his Brother_.
Nicodemus, _a cowardly Corporal_.
Cornelius, _a wittal Sutler_.
Captain.
Sophocles, _Duke of_ Athens.
WOMEN.
Diana.
Dorigen, Sophocles _wife, the example of Chastity_.
Florence, _Wife to_ Cornelius.
The Triumph of Love.
Cupid.
Rinaldo, _Duke of_ Milan.
Benvoglio, } _Brothers, Lords of_
Randulpho, } Milan
Gerard, } _Sons of the Duke, supposed_
Ferdinand, } _lost._
WOMEN.
Angelina, _Wife to_ Benvoglio.
Violante, _her Daughter_, Gerard's _Mistriss_.
Dorothea, Violante's _Attendant_.
Cornelia, _the obscured Duchess_.
The Triumph of Death.
Duke _of_ Anjou.
Lavall, _his lustful Heir_.
Gentille, _a Courtier, Father to_ Perolot.
Perolot, _contracted to_ Gabriella.
Two Gentlemen.
A Spirit.
Shalloone, _servant to_ Lavall.
WOMEN.
Gabriella, _the despised wife of_ Lavall.
Hellena, _his second wife_.
Casta, _Daughter to_ Gentille.
Maria, _a servant attending on_ Gabriella.
The Triumph of Time.
Jupiter.
Mercurie.
Plutus.
Time.
Atropos.
Desire.
Vain Delight.
Bounty.
Poverty.
Honesty.
Simplicity.
Fame.
Four
PLAYS
OR
Moral Representations
IN ONE.
_Enter Don_ Frigozo.
_Frig._ [_Noise within._ Away with those bald-pated Rascals there,
their wits are bound up in Vellom, they are not currant here. Down
with those City-Gentlemen, &c. Out with those ---- I say, and in
with their wives at the back door. Worship and place, I am weary of
ye, ye lye on my shoulders lik a load of Gold on an Asses back. A
man in Authority, is but as a candle in the wind, sooner wasted or
blown out, than under a bushel. How now, what's the matter?
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