Swetnam, the Woman-hater, arraigned by women: A new comedie, acted at the Red Bull, by the late Queenes seruants.Anonymous
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Swetnam, the Woman-hater, arraigned by women: A new comedie, acted at the Red Bull, by the late Queenes seruants.
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Swetnam, Joseph, active 1617 -- Drama
_Le._ Oh, you were too aduentrous, dearest Loue,
What made you vndertake this hard attempt?
_Lis._ Your loue, sweet Lady,
That makes all things easie.
_Le._ Oh, I am made immortall with thy sight:
Here let me euer liue: I feare not now
The worst that Fate or Malice can afflict:
I haue enough, hauing thy companie.
_Lis._ And when I leaue to loue you, vertuous Madame,
Vpon that minute, let me leaue to liue,
That loue and life may both expire together.
_Lor._ Come, leaue your prating and protesting,
And get you both in, and be naught awhile.
’Tis dangerous talking here in publike,
Good Frier, look my Ladie dye no Nun. _Exit Le. & Lis._
Heigho! now could I wish my Sweet-heart
Heere too, I feele such a tickling, somewhere
About me: if he were here now, I would
Neuer cast such an vnwilling deniall vpon him
As I haue done, hauing so good a president as I haue.
But stay, who’s this?
As true as I liue, ’tis he.
Oh, sweet Rogue, thou art come
In the happiest minute.
_Enter_ SCANFARDO.
_Scan._ Am I, _Loretta_? Masse, I like that well.
What, all alone? I like that better too.
But where’s the Princesse?
_Lor._ Oh, she’s safe enough!
_Scan._ Is she indeed? I like that best of all.
_Lor._ And so do’s shee, I warrant yee,
Or any woman else, that’s in her Case: ha, ha, ha!
_Scan._ There’s something in the wind now, that you
laugh at.
_Lor._ Nothing indeed, sweet Loue: but ha, ha!
I laugh at an odde Iest.
_Scan._ Come, I must know’t.
_Lor._ 'Deed but you must not.
_Scan._ Why? Dare you not trust me?
_Lor._ Yes, I dare: but
As you are a man, reueale it not.
_Scan._ In troth, Ime angry, that you should mistrust me.
_Lor._ The Frier, the Frier: ha, ha, ha!
He that the Lord imploy’d to be his Agent,
Who doe you thinke it was?
_Scan._ Father _Anthonie_, wast not?
_Lor._ The Deuill it was: no faith,
It was, ha, ha, ha!
It was no other, then _Lisandro_ Prince of _Naples_,
That stole to my Lady in that Habit,
And guld your Lord most palpably.
_Scan._ Is’t possible?
And where are they now?
_Lor._ Why? faith th’are eu’n at,
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
But good Sweet-heart, be silent.
_Scan._ Not a syllable I: it was a bold attempt,
Knowing ’twas death, if but discouered once.
But come, Sweet-heart, weele eu’n doe,
As our betters haue done before vs,
The example is easly followed,
Hauing so good a Schoole-mistris.
Shall we to bed?
_Lor._ Fye, seruant, how you talke?
Troth you are to blame, to offer to assault
The chastitie of any Gentlewoman,
Vpon aduantage.
_Scan._ Pox, leaue this forc’d modesty: for by this hand,
I must enioy you now before we part.
_Lor._ I haue so farre ingag’d my selfe, you know,
’Tis now vaine to resist.
_Scan._ Why, now I like thee well.
Where shall we meet?
_Lor._ In the with-drawing Chamber, there I lye.
_Scan._ Goe then, Ile follow.
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