Representative English Comedies, v. 1. From the beginnings to Shakespeare
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Representative English Comedies, v. 1. From the beginnings to Shakespeare
English drama (Comedy)
_Trupenie._ Yea, so thinke we.
_D. Dough._ And I dwell with hir husbande that trusteth to be.
_Trupenie._ In faith then must thou needes be welcome to me,
Let us for acquaintance shake handes togither, 25
And what ere thou be, heartily welcome hither.
_Tib. Talk._ Well Trupenie never but flinging.[458]
[entering with AN.]
_An. Alyface._ And frisking?
_Trupenie._ Well Tibet and Annot, still swingyng and whiskyng?
_Tib. Talk._ But ye roile abroade.
_An. Alyface._ In the streete evere where.
_Trupenie._ Where are ye twaine, in chambers when ye mete me there? 30
But come hither fooles, I have one nowe by the hande,
Servant to hym that must be our mistresse husbande,
Byd him welcome.
_An. Alyface._ To me truly is he welcome.
_Tib. Talk._ Forsooth and as I may say, heartily welcome.
_D. Dough._ I thank you mistresse maides. 35
_An. Alyface._ I hope we shal better know.
_Tib. Talk._ And when wil our new master come.
_D. Dough._ Shortly I trow.
_Tib. Talk._ I would it were to morow: for till he resorte
Our mistresse being a Widow hath small comforte,
And I hearde our nourse speake of an husbande to day
Ready for our mistresse, a riche man and a gay, 40
And we shall go in our frenche hoodes[459] every day,
In our silke cassocks (I warrant you) freshe and gay,
In our tricke[460] ferdegews and billiments of golde,[461]
Brave[462] in our sutes of chaunge seven double folde,
Then shall ye see Tibet sirs, treade the mosse so trimme, 45
Nay, why sayd I treade? ye shall see hir glide and swimme,
Not lumperdee clumperdee like our spaniell Rig.
_Trupeny._ Mary then prickmedaintie[463] come toste me a fig.[464]
Who shall then know our Tib Talke apace trow ye?
_An. Alyface._ And why not Annot Alyface as fyne as she? 50
_Trupeny._ And what had Tom Trupeny, a father or none?
_An. Alyface._ Then our prety newe come man will looke to be one.
_Trupeny._ We foure I trust shall be a joily mery knot.
Shall we sing a fitte to welcome our friende, Annot? D i
_An. Alyface._ Perchaunce he can not sing. 55
_D. Dough._ I am at all assayes.[465]
_Tib. Talk._ By cocke and the better welcome to us alwayes.
_Here they sing._
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