Philaster; Or, Love Lies a Bleeding

Name: Philaster; Or, Love Lies a Bleeding
Author: Fletcher, John

Fletcher, John

English drama; Kings and rulers -- Succession -- Drama; Love -- Drama; Sicily (Italy) -- Drama; Tragicomedy

Lend me your hand sweet Prince, hereby enjoy
                A full fruition of your best contents,
                The interest I hold I doe possesse you with,
                Onely a fathers care, and prayers retaine,
                That heaven may heape on blessings, take her Prince,
                A sweeter Mistrisse then the offered Language of any dame,
                were she a Queene whose eye speakes common Loves,
                and comfort to her servants: Last Noble son, for so I
                   [now must call
                you, what I have done thus publik, is not to add a comfort
                   [in particular
                to you or mee, but all, and to confirme the Nobles and the
                Gentrie of our Kingdom'e by oath to your succession: which
                   [shall
                be within this moneth at most.

l. 28. B--E] nor Lords, nor Ladyes.
l. 33. B and C] desired.
l. 34. Folio] ghess.

p. 76,
l. 1. B and C] Faith sir.
l. 8. F] for me.

p. 77,
l. 1. B and C] Faith, I thinke.
l. 29. B] quickly to bee.
l. 33. D--H] To give a stranger.
l. 35. In B--H bracket ends with this line.
l. 37. F, G, H and the Folio _misprint_] your daughter.
l. 38. C, D and E] your subjects.

p. 78,
l. 9. E--H] I making.
l. 13. B] To talke of her.
l. 22. B _omits_] a.
l. 29. A] when it is.
l. 30. A--E] is wrong'd.

p. 79,
l. 4. A] And in me.
l. 5. A, B and C] By more then all the gods,
I hold it happy. D and E] By more then all my hopes I hold it happy (A--E
_repeat happy at beginning of next line_).
l. 9. A] rotting age.
l. 10. A--H] Open.
l. 15. A] finde it out.
l. 16. A, B and C] And tye it to this Countrey. By all the gods.
l. 17. A] as easie to the subjects.
l. 27. A] Miracles.
l. 30. A prints this stage-direction after the word 'shape' in l. 32.
l. 31. A] he'le sell him, he has so be praised his shape. B--G] sell
himself.
l. 33. A] large praises.
ll. 34 and 35. A] Let mee bee swallowed
quicke, if I can finde all the Anatomy of yon mans vertues unseene to sound
enough.
l. 37. A, B and C] of trifles.
l. 39. A _omits_] And.

p. 80,
l. 1. A] for favour.
l. 3. A, B and C] how pale he lookes, he feares.
l. 4. A] And this same whoresone conscience, ah how it jades us.
l. 5. B] intent.
l. 6. A] speak on.
l. 11. F and G] turn'd.
l. 15. A] sweet Princesse.
l. 25. A, B and C _add after_] ashes, as I.
l. 26. F] goes.
l. 30. A] his hidden bowels.
l. 31. A, B and C] By the just gods it shall.
l. 35. A] I Prince of popines, I will make it well appeare.
l. 40. A] Turcle.

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Philaster; Or, Love Lies a BleedingFletcher, John

General

Philaster; Or, Love Lies a Bleeding

Fletcher, John

English drama; Kings and rulers -- Succession -- Drama; Love -- Drama; Sicily (Italy) -- Drama; Tragicomedy

Lend me your hand sweet Prince, hereby enjoy
                A full fruition of your best contents,
                The interest I hold I doe possesse you with,
                Onely a fathers care, and prayers retaine,
                That heaven may heape on blessings, take her Prince,
                A sweeter Mistrisse then the offered Language of any dame,
                were she a Queene whose eye speakes common Loves,
                and comfort to her servants: Last Noble son, for so I
                   [now must call
                you, what I have done thus publik, is not to add a comfort
                   [in particular
                to you or mee, but all, and to confirme the Nobles and the
                Gentrie of our Kingdom'e by oath to your succession: which
                   [shall
                be within this moneth at most.

l. 28. B--E] nor Lords, nor Ladyes.
l. 33. B and C] desired.
l. 34. Folio] ghess.

p. 76,
l. 1. B and C] Faith sir.
l. 8. F] for me.

p. 77,
l. 1. B and C] Faith, I thinke.
l. 29. B] quickly to bee.
l. 33. D--H] To give a stranger.
l. 35. In B--H bracket ends with this line.
l. 37. F, G, H and the Folio _misprint_] your daughter.
l. 38. C, D and E] your subjects.

p. 78,
l. 9. E--H] I making.
l. 13. B] To talke of her.
l. 22. B _omits_] a.
l. 29. A] when it is.
l. 30. A--E] is wrong'd.

p. 79,
l. 4. A] And in me.
l. 5. A, B and C] By more then all the gods,
I hold it happy. D and E] By more then all my hopes I hold it happy (A--E
_repeat happy at beginning of next line_).
l. 9. A] rotting age.
l. 10. A--H] Open.
l. 15. A] finde it out.
l. 16. A, B and C] And tye it to this Countrey. By all the gods.
l. 17. A] as easie to the subjects.
l. 27. A] Miracles.
l. 30. A prints this stage-direction after the word 'shape' in l. 32.
l. 31. A] he'le sell him, he has so be praised his shape. B--G] sell
himself.
l. 33. A] large praises.
ll. 34 and 35. A] Let mee bee swallowed
quicke, if I can finde all the Anatomy of yon mans vertues unseene to sound
enough.
l. 37. A, B and C] of trifles.
l. 39. A _omits_] And.

p. 80,
l. 1. A] for favour.
l. 3. A, B and C] how pale he lookes, he feares.
l. 4. A] And this same whoresone conscience, ah how it jades us.
l. 5. B] intent.
l. 6. A] speak on.
l. 11. F and G] turn'd.
l. 15. A] sweet Princesse.
l. 25. A, B and C _add after_] ashes, as I.
l. 26. F] goes.
l. 30. A] his hidden bowels.
l. 31. A, B and C] By the just gods it shall.
l. 35. A] I Prince of popines, I will make it well appeare.
l. 40. A] Turcle.

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Philaster; Or, Love Lies a Bleeding

Philaster; Or, Love Lies a Bleeding

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