English drama -- 17th century; English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
_Ge._ Marry, fist[91] o' your kindness! I thought as
much. Come away, Sin, we shall as soon get a fart
from a dead man,[92] as a farthing of courtesy here.
_Mi._ O, good sister!
_Ge._ Sister, sir reverence! Come away, I say, hunger
drops out at his nose.
_Go._ O, madam, fair words never hurt the tongue.
_Ge._ How say you by that? You come out with your
gold-ends now!
_Mist. T._ Stay, lady-daughter; good husband! 156
_To._ Wife, no man loves his fetters, be they made of
gold. I list not ha' my head fastened under my child's
girdle; as she has brewed, so let her drink, o' God's
name. She went witless to wedding, now she may go
wisely a-begging. It's but honeymoon yet with her
ladyship; she has coach-horses, apparel, jewels, yet left;
she needs care for no friends, nor take knowledge of
father, mother, brother, sister, or anybody. When those
are pawned or spent, perhaps we shall return into the
list of her acquaintance. 166
_Ge._ I scorn it, i'faith. Come, Sin.
_Mist. T._ O madam, why do you provoke your father
thus?
[_Exeunt_ GERTRUDE _and_ SINDEFY.
_To._ Nay, nay; e'en let pride go afore, shame will
follow after, I warrant you. Come, why dost thou weep
now? Thou art not the first good cow hast had an ill
calf, I trust.
_Enter_ Constable.
What's the news with that fellow?
_Go._ Sir, the knight and your man Quicksilver are
without; will you ha' 'hem brought in?
_To._ O, by any means. [_Exit Constable._] And, son,
here's a chair; appear terrible unto 'hem on the first
interview. Let them behold the melancholy of a magistrate,
and taste the fury of a citizen in office. 180
_Go._ Why, sir, I can do nothing to 'hem, except you
charge 'hem with somewhat.
_To._ I will charge 'hem and recharge 'hem, rather than
authority should want foil to set it off.
_Go._ No, good sir, I will not.
_To._ Son, it is your place; by any means----
_Go._ Believe it, I will not, sir.
_Enter_ Sir PETRONEL, QUICKSILVER, Constable, Officers.
_Pe._ How misfortune pursues us still in our misery!
_Qu._ Would it had been my fortune to have been
trussed up at Wapping[93] rather than ever ha' come here!
_Pe._ Or mine, to have famished in the island! 191
_Qu._ Must Golding sit upon us?
_Co._ You might carry an M. under your girdle[94] to
Master Deputy's worship.
_Go._ What are those, Master Constable?
_Co._ An't please your worship, a couple of masterless
men I pressed for the Low Countries, sir.
_Go._ Why do you not carry 'hem to Bridewell,
according to your order, they may be shipped away?
_Co._ An't please your worship, one of 'hem says he is
a knight; and we thought good to show him to your
worship, for our discharge. 202
_Go._ Which is he?
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