Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife: Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10)Fletcher, John
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Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife: Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10)
Fletcher, John
Comedy plays; Drama
I'le cry, and then I'le be thankfull,
Indeed I will, and I'le be honest to ye.
I would live a swallow here I must confess.
Wife I forgive thee all if thou be honest,
At thy peril, I believe thee excellent.
Estifania:
If I prove otherwaies, let me beg first,
Hold, this is yours, some recompence for service,
Use it to nobler ends than he that gave it.
Duke of Medina:
And this is yours, your true commission, Sir,
Now you are a Captain.
Leon:
You are a noble Prince Sir,
And now a souldier, Gentleman, we all rejoyce in't.
Juan de Castro:
Sir, I shall wait upon you through all fortunes.
Alonzo:
And I.
Altea:
And I must needs attend my Mistris.
Leon:
Will you goe Sister?
Altea:
Yes indeed good Brother,
I have two ties, mine own bloud,
And my Mistris.
Margarita:
Is she your Sister?
Leon:
Yes indeed good wife,
And my best Sister,
For she prov'd so, wench,
When she deceiv'd you with a loving Husband.
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Altea:
I would not deal so truly for a stranger.
Margarita:
Well I could chide ye,
But it must be lovingly and like a Sister,
I'le bring you on your way, and feast ye nobly,
For now I have an honest heart to love ye,
And then deliver you to the blue _Neptune_.
Juan de Castro:
Your colours you must wear, and wear 'em proudly,
Wear 'em before the bullet, and in bloud too,
And all the world shall know
We are Vertues servants.
Duke of Medina:
_And all the world shall know, a noble mind_
_Makes women beautifull, and envie blind._
[Exeunt.
Prologue.
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