| THE PART OF 'POORE' | | |
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| Actus Imus Scӕna Ia | [FOL.21a] | |
Poore. | | | |
| Welcome thou instrument of liberty offreth to stab himselfe | | |
Sly | ——Hold hold | | |
Poore: | It is a most vnthankfull office; | | |
| To save a man vnwilling is to murder. | | |
| What hath this world of myne that I should covet | | |
| Longer to stay wth it? nor have you reason | | |
| Thus to detaine mee, I must greiving say it | | |
| Through mee you want what might have well sustaind you | | 10 |
| And your last store scarce panteth nourishment | | |
| Vnto your selfe and sister. | | |
Sly | —————————— How truely rich | | |
| Though having nothing, for contemning all? | | |
Poore. | True very wise, nay rich, if hee could gett | | |
| Even wth his best indeauour nourishment: | | |
| But that now wants whose rich hees only wise | | |
| T'is the receaved opinion, and what arts | | |
| Are meanly shrouded in a thred bare coate | | |
| Want theire due forme, thats a privation of it. | | 20 |
| The worst of ills that is in misery | | |
| Is that it gives a man contemptible | | |
| Makes him a scoffe to every painted asse | | |
| Wch beares a golden image, every slave | | |
| Wch came into this Cytty wth bare feete | | |
| And since hath heap'd vp by mechanicke basenes | | |
| Abundant riches will contem the state | | |
| That nature brought him to and no more pitty it, | | |
| Then wisedome will a snake pin'd wth much cold | | |
Sly: | ——————————— you much erre | | 30 |
Poore. | No it is sacred truth, there is not one | | |
| Who hath not circled wth a triple brasse | | |
| His more obdurate heart, each mandoth live | [FOL.21b] | |
| As hee were enemy to the whole world. | | |
| There is a spatious distance twixt the heart, | | |
| And tounge of every man, they speake and doe | | |
| Nought that hath smallest coherence wth theire minds; | | |
| They doe even strive vnto it wth theire full nerves. | | |
Sly | ——————————Imitate theire manners. | | |
Poore: | You advise well, I shall, and digg a prey | | 40 |
| From out theire frosen intrailes, wch shall nourish vs, | | |
| Feede vs wth laughter, cramm vs full wth gold. | | |
| I'le hold as firme antipathy wth men, | | |
| As doe the elements amongst themselves. | | |
Sly | —————————they doe generate | | |
Poore: | Soe will not I vnlesse a misery. | | |
| And wanton spleene to laugh at it. | | |
Sly | ——— will force frequent troops | | |
| Of clyents, to your lure — | | |
Poore: | And being well lured, | | 50 |
| Ile cramm them soe they shall not breath to flight. | | |
| Let's see they may doe well if more harsh fate | | |
| Bite not our blooming fortunes. | | |
Strange | ——————— beene ith fashion to | | |
Poore. | Whilst wee, Apollo's children, wch are given | | |
| To the true study of whats purely good. | | |
| Share not the least partof it in effect. | | |
| Our merits are defects, and only staines. | | |
| Disgraces to mans glosse, in mans false eyes. | | |
| The heaven of our glory shines no more, | | 60 |
| Then a faint candles light, in a proud sunn. | | |
| Oh Iove! oh Iove! why hast thou warn'd thy thunder [?] | | |
| It should not dare to touch Apollo's tree? | | |
| Yet sufferest vilder more inferiour stro<a>kes | | |
| To rend, and hammer his more loved children, | [FOL.22a] | |
| To dust, to aire, to nothing, lesse then nothing. | | |
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Strang: | [f] —————————————for what they suffer | | |
Poore: | Sr I have fellowe feeling of theire ills. | | |
Strang | ———————————— tis sacred truth. ——— | | |
Poore: | [O] ———————O Sr beleeve him not | | 70 |
| He doth intice you to a dangerous ill | | |
Sly: | Slight what doe you meane? ——— | | |
Poore | —————————Hee is a strange hyaena | | |
Sly: | You wont vndoe your selfe ————— | | |
Poore | [A] ————————— And drawes you on | | |
Stra: | —————wants much connexion | | |
Poore | To losse ——————————— | | |
Strange: | of what? ———————— | | |
Poore: | — Your wealth and reputation. | | |
| Riches are not more enimyes to heaven, | | 80 |
| then To our art. | | |
Sly | ———— honest men in as bare naps. | | |
Poore | Our heaven of poetry cannot brooke such rivals. | | |
| It is wellnigh[] prodigious they should meete. | | |
| And or proceedes from a defect of wo<r>th, | | |
| Or by excesse of some vild humour ioyned, | | |
| Wch naturalists observe wthin theire subjects | | |
| To cause a vitious forme; for more then perfect | | |
| Is but a plurisy wch in wholsomest blood | | |
| Breeds naught save malladyes, but being ill, | | 90 |
| It meerely is necessited to kill. | | |
| You knowe the daunger Sr If you proceede | | |
Strange: | ————————You cannot fright mee. | | |
Poore | Now comes your cue to speake goe on and roundly | | |
Sly | ————————— not shewe his matchlesse skill | | |
Poore: | You may proceed and hee may <w>inn by intising. | | |
| But by your pardon, you are much [deceaved] vnwise, | [FOL.22b] | |
| If all his traines cann lead you to consent. | | |
Strange: | ————————— vnto your art | | |
| I cannot be disswaded————— . | | 100 |
Poore | ——————————then resolve | | |
| To contemplation, for you must neglect | | |
| All worldly matters, and begiven to this, | | |
| As to the sollidst earthly happinesse. | | |
Strang | —————————you knowe my minde | | |
Poore: | And I will vndertake to give instructions | | |
| In this quainte rhetoricke, and subtile logicke, | | |
| And what I cann participat in naturals | | |
| Shall not bewanting, since I knowe you firme | | |
| Of good capacity and ingenuous. | | 110 |
Strange: | ————————What I possesse | | |
| Shall not be wanting to you | | |
Poore: | [Pish] ——— pish no no you shall not. | | |
| Those were but by words wch I did object | | |
Sly: | — into your minde, I told you soe. | | |
Poore | Sr It was ill donn, and no way worth your thanks. | | |
Strange: | [I would] lodge heare about ————— | | |
Poore | ————— Twil be best | | |
Strange | —————— only take this as earnest | | |
Poore: | It should not neede but since you'l have it soe | | 120 |
| I will accept it and deserve it to | | |
Strange: | 'Till when I leave you. | | |
Poore | ————— pray good sr your name | | |
Strange: | Tis Strange anon Ile come. ———— | | |
Poore | ——— you shalbe welcome. | | |
Sly | to quircks and quillets soe they'de help to thrive | | |
Poore: | S'light what doe you meane? | | |
Sly | ——— my tender Iuvenall | | |
Poore: | You wo'n't vndoe your selfe? | | |
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Sly | — wth your precisenes. | | 130 |
Poore | may you have game and will not sterve and perish? | | |
Sly | —————————Leave it scholler leave it | [FOL.23a] | |
| Or it spoile thee | | |
Poore: | [] ——You'r spoild you may turne ballad munger. | | |
Sly: | Prethee vrge these no more ——— | | |
Poore: | — you may thrive, tis possible, | | |
| But Ive seene honest men in as bare naps. | | |
Sly | ———— Ile pay thee for it | | |
Poore: | Doe spare mee not, I will indure thy worst, | | |
| And answer thee wth full as great a noyse. | | 140 |
| My flash shalbe as violent and as horrid. | | |
Sly: | Our lightning shall insue ———— | | |
Poore: | ————— content content. | | |
| Now my wise wench of brantford, how now Gill, | | |
| What newes bringst thou now? | | |
Sly: | Wee are quite vndon | | |
Poore: | On wth your night gowne Gill, and dresse yorselfe | | |
| Ith lady fashion speedily, and returne. | | |
| Theire coming in ? | | |
Gill | ——— I I ——— | | 150 |
Poore | — Begonn, be gonn. | | |
Sly: | —-as poore indeed as thou in name | | |
Poore: | Your witt is rich enough to play on mee | | |
Sly | ———— I will stab myselfe | | |
Poore | That shall not be indited for your death | | |
| <Ieamy> hath putt it vp [<yyo>] you shall not have it | | |
Sly: | Then Ile goe hang my self: —————————— | | |
Poore | — Away away man | | |
| What what in desperation, fy vpon't | | |
| Heare mee sr I have heard a cunning hand | | 160 |
| May soe dispose two glasses as by them | | |
| Each externe inconvenience maybe kend. | | |
Sly: | — laugh[]t at my afflictions ? | [FOL.23b] | |
Poore. | At thy promotion, at thy exaltation. | | |
| Giv'd thou mayest cheat securely free of feare. | | |
| Thou feelst the worst of it, false dice, halfe cards | | |
| Will doe exceeding well; [f<a>lse] if thoult be honest, | | |
| Ile teach thee a more exquisite art of begging, | | |
| Then ere was heard yet from the newgate dungeon. | | |
| Each man ith house shall give a groat a day | | 170 |
| To have thee vndergoe theire worke, and gaine by it. | | |
| For I will vndertake, in halfe a yeare. | | |
| Thou shalt as palpably snatch from the grates, | | |
| Of all the prisons wthin London walls, | | |
| Ney and the libertyes, the penny pension | | |
| As the Kings men doe from theire neighbour companyes | | |
| Societyes of gallants | | |
Sly | ———————— death and damnation | | |
Poore | Hell and misery ——————— | | |
Sly: | — light on the head, | | 180 |
Poore | ——— of thy destroying Hard. | | |
| Is't Is't I heare them, fly and putt you on | | |
| Some other shape, come Lady Gillian come | | |
| Have you not donn yett? oh your well enough | | |
| Good morrowe to your worships Ladyship | | |
| Good Madam Change. | | |
| | | |
| Actus II Scӕna 2da | | |
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| 3d offi: some kind purgation, is not that your meaning ? | | |
Poore: | Madam doe you still hold those points of complement | | |
| In wch I did instruct you yesterday? | | 190 |
| When to advance, when to retire, and when | | |
| To keepe your stand? at the first salutacion | | |
| How to congratulate the welcome of— | | |
| —A freind equall in fortune, of a superiour, | | |
| How to be court<e>ous to inferiours? | | |
Gill: | wtha greater matter | [FOL.24a] | |
Poore: | Thus farr weeve gonn i'th science, theory, | | |
| Now weele proceed evnto the art, or practise. | | |
Hard | ———— wee shall see fine sport. | | |
Poore: | Thinke you, you cann performe what I instructed? | | 200 |
Gill | ———————-make experience Sr | | |
Poore | Suppose mee, lordly, after what manner meete you | | |
Gill | ————vnworthy roofe of ours. | | |
Poore: | How to a knight your equall? ——— | | |
Hard: | — I would my kinsman had hir | | |
Poore: | Soe would I to: but for the inferiour now? | | |
Hard | —————should be hir ioynter | | |
Poore: | Sr you bid fairely for hir, you shall have hir. | | |
| Your cousen goose shall have hir | | |
Gill | — If I cann helpe it | | 210 |
Poore: | — — come come mind them not. | | |
| Soe now you are instructed, let us spend | | |
| Some tyme, in matters of a more import. | | |
| Madam I knowe your birth, and your deservings. | | |
| But what your fortunes are Ive beene content | | |
| Yet not to seeke, but now you've given your selfe | | |
| Wholly to mee and doe repose alone | | |
| Vpon my choyce, I will be bold to inquire | | |
| That I may neither loose you on a man | | |
| Belowe yourselfe in merits or in fortune | | 220 |
Gill. | Heaven blesse vs what are you ——— | | |
Poore: | ———— Murder, murder | | |
| Roalfe Gaspar Thomas where are these varlets trowe? | | |
Sly | ————— you shalbe held doe you heare. | | |
Poore: | What are you ? speake, to what end doe you come? | [FOL.24b] | |
Hard | ———— arrest that Sly | | |
Poore: | How Sly saucy groome? first enter my house | | |
| Wth more then two, tis a sufficient riot | | |
| And god knowes what you would, but that our eye, | | |
| Our happily seeing eye prevented you; | | 230 |
| Thanks to the supreame power wch made it happy | | |
| To that foresight, what not a varlett stirr ? | | |
| You are consenting to, wee mightbe murdred[,] | | |
| And you not heare of it; where are your fellows?. | | |
| You'are sometymes dubly diligent, and a word | | |
| Wthin our kenn will make you fly like winde | | |
| Where are your fellowes? ———————— | | |
Sly | — troth Sr, I doe not knowe | | |
Poore: | What men are these? | | |
Gill: | nor heare of any thing. | | 240 |
Poore: | Ney you shall stay, the justice shall decide | | |
| Whither your act be lawfull, tmay perchance | | |
| Conclude at Tyburne or the newgate dungeon | | |
| Besides a publique lash from henceto ye tower | | |
| From thence to westmonest<e>r, spight of your freinds | | |
Hard. | Sr I intreat your favour.— — | | |
Poore | — That were pretty. | | |
| To be god knowes frighted well nigh to death, | | |
| Then only intreat favour, that's fine recompence. | | |
| If thou beest worth a penny Ile have that | | 250 |
| And all thy freinds cann make if they will save thee. | | |
Hard. | Sr in good fayth I meant no harme | | |
Poore. | thats better. | | |
| Thatshalbe t[y]ryed, goe Gaspar fetch the Conestable | | |
Sly | Tak't least hee doe repent; | | |
Poore. | ———————————— how! forty pound? | | |
| That is a sweet amends, but whats your name ? | | |
Hard. | Tis Hard and please you Sr | [FOL.25a] | |
Poore | —————— Hard? mr Sly | | |
| Hath often named you wthin my hearing | | 260 |
| An honest creditor, and for his sake. | | |
| If wth [th] your haust this lady be appeased | | |
| Your peace is made; what recompence shee will | | |
| You must attone hir wth, or this cannot bee. | | |
| Some toy will please hir best, shee is a woman | | |
| A diamond ring of twenty marke that's all | | |
| Oh shee was frighted much, had shee beene married | | |
| Tenn Suttons wealths could not have saved yor life | | |
Hard. | I would bestowe | | |
Poore: | Vm lett mee seethe gold, | | 270 |
| [Ile] offer it; oh these are [the f] Sly's attachments and his bonds. | | |
Hard. | Good Sr they are— | | |
Poore: | ————————Madam this gentleman | | |
| Presents to you by mee his mediate | | |
| Twenty faire angells, and doth hope to appease | | |
| Wth this bright sacrifice, your incensed minde: | | |
| To add by glorious coulour of this gold, | | |
| A pleasing tinture, to your late pale cheeke. | | |
Hard: | I see a lady Sr | | |
Poore | not yet, a knight | | 280 |
| Is ready now to bed hir, and but stay's | | |
| The coming of some freinds vnto the ceremony. | | |
Sly | oh! it takes rarely | | |
Poore | Some five dayes hince. | | |
Hard | And is shee well affected ? | | |
Poore | No yet the importunitye hir freinds have vsed, | | |
| Have made hir yeeld. | | |
Hard | so much into hir <e>state | [FOL.25b] | |
Poore. | I have no reason sr | | |
Hard | What may hir portion be? | | 290 |
Poore | Hir father Sr | | |
| Iustice of peace inYorkeshire, hath alotted | | |
| Three thousand pound wch wthin twice three months | | |
| After the day of marriage shall bee payed; | | |
| Vpon condition,ye shee shall have ioynter. | | |
| After his death, three hundreed pound a yeare. | | |
| Hir fathers age and weakenes will not suffer hĩ | | |
| Present vnto these nuptials but hee sends | | |
| His brother to consumate what he please. | | |
Hard. | Then he concludes all. | | 300 |
Poore | —All— | | |
Hard | —————— in my behalfe | | |
Poore | Shee hath refer'd hirselfe to my dispose | | |
| And if I like the gentleman and the tearmes | | |
| It shall goe hard but Ile prevaile so much | | |
Hard | ———————shalbee assured hir | | |
Poore: | Tis faire the gentle man concludes it | | |
Hard | ———————————— yes | | |
| Hee shall ———————— | | |
Poor | [] — as I like him it takes effect | | 310 |
| If I cann ought. | | |
Hard | — your care shalbe requited | | |
Poore: | It is requited i<n>th the very act | | |
| If it doe prove succesfully and well | | |
Hard | —— in the meanewhile plant for battery | | |
Poore: | Sr If hee be as you have spoken him | | |
| Hee shall not come vnwelcome | | |
Gill | You'r welcome [to] | | |
Poore: | [] — to your cost Sr — | | |
Sly | Footra for Hard | | 320 |
Poore | now my Sly blewcoat thou how likst thou this | [FOL.26a] | |
| Is it not better then ye dolefull ditty | | |
| Of Ile goe hang or stab my selfe | | |
Sly: | Of more rich witt ————————— | | |
Poore: | [Tis in] tis inforced soe now | | |
| But better arts were better ways to thrift | | |
| Gett you a country gentile habit, hir vncle | | |
| You must be nowe. | | |
Gill | [Wh] —what shall become of mee | | |
Poor | Be neat and spruise as what you have cann make | | 330 |
| You <h>have a woer coming that shall pay fort | | |
| You want not my instructions how to answer | | |
| Though hee how to oppose, and sett on you | | |
| When fate affords no other way to live | | |
| to get a living needs must | | |
| | | |
| Our wits [must list indeavour wee may thrive] strive | | |
| Exeunt | | |
| | | |
| Actus 2di scӕ 2da | | |
Poore. | Whose at the dore who is it? | | |
Sly: | He yt desires to bee a scholler | | 340 |
Poor | —————————Goe Sly, | | |
| Admitt, admitt them: I must scoure my witt | | |
| I feare tis spoil'd wth rust tis not acute | | |
| | | |
Sly: | What are you [bett] ready for them? | | |
Poore | Ready ready. | | |
| Surely twas in Domitian's tyme he lived. | | |
| That Juvenal, the wonder of all ages | | |
| Wch have beene since, should live soe much vnknow | | |
| Soe much neglected in his owne tyme, as none | | |
| Would grace theire storyes wth his sacred name, | | 350 |
| Nor praise them selves, wth giving him due fame. | | |
| Yet tis enough wee knowe and wonder at thee | | |
| That once thou wert and that thy works shal bee | | |
| Worthy long admiration. | | |
Sly: | Noe noe hee shall not Mr Poore ———. | [FOL.26b] | |
Poore | [] ——— whose there? | | |
| Oh Sr I cry you mercy, and your freind, | | |
| Your welcom please you sitt, I was translating | | |
| A poet wch is prince of all his sect | | |
| Of Satyrists, theire manners should give them | | 360 |
| Princes of men, though fewe there beeare soe; | | |
| Twas Juvenall wch if it please you heare | | |
| I will recite. | | |
Strang: | ———————Yes very willingly | | |
| [Though fewe there bee are soe] | | |
Poore | Tis thus Ile not repeat the Latine text. | | |
| Shall I continue silent &, indure. | | |
| The loude vexations Codrus doth procure | | |
| Wth his rude Theseus? shall this man reherse | | |
| His gouned scaene and this his mournfull v<er>se? | | 370 |
| Shall giant Telephus consume his day | | |
| And long Orestes ӕviternall play | | |
| Whose margent is repleat,whose very backe | | |
| Scapes not the rage but beares asselike packe. | | |
| Shall these I say much endlesse still be read | | |
| And only I continue as if dead | | |
| Vnto these labours? shall I only feare | | |
| To vex mens organs and to force a teare ? &c | | |
| I only made experience what I could. | | |
Quicke | —————you've made vs knowe you soe. | | 380 |
| | | |
Poore | The'ire sudden and they beare no more of weight | | |
| Then a small tyme would give. | | |
Strang: | It is well vrged ———— | | |
Poore: | ———and no way worth deniall. | | |
Quicke | And make a Ioviall meale. | | |
Poore | ———— in the meane while | | |
| Weele vse a prety schollers exercise | | |
| One shall propose a theame, & each compose | | |
| A couple of verses on it as they sitt | [FOL.27a] | |
| And if the first speake last, the rest shall take | | 390 |
| Theire cups of wine a peece to acuat them | | |
Sly | -————— who doth propose? | | |
Poore: | Each in his order shall, doe you propose. | | |
Sly | —— wine doth cheare the heart. | | |
Poore | You observe method in your very sport | | |
| Sr for the good report you give of wine | | |
| Ile wish you quicker poets, and th<at> myne. | | |
Sly | What what more yet —————— | | |
Poore: | ———— who ereit bee admitt him | | |
Quicke | goe call them in ————— | | 400 |
Poore: | you shall not neede we[a]'re those | | |
| they doe intend. Srs wee must intreat you | | |
| Into another roome, there you shall see | | |
| What passeth; ift please you disclose yor minde | | |
| I will performe what my weake skill can[n] doe | | |
Sly | —— Ile lead the way | | |
Poore | Ney pray Sr goe, wee schollers love no complement | | |
| Though wee cann vseit: he hath beene yor guide | | |
| And you must followe | | |
| | | |
| Scaena 3ia Enter Poore above | | 410 |
| Poor: A swagerour doe you say one yt hates schollers? | | |
| Hee's none of your stage railours on the is hee? | | |
Quicke | ——— Inns of courtman that cann raile | | |
Poore: | I would he were a poet, one that daubd | | |
| Papers wth greasy lines, wch fall away | | |
| From his hoggs head, as sweat doth fro his body. | | |
| Both being excrements,of art, and nature. | | |
| Such I doe knowe there are, & would faine meet wth | | |
| Ide make the knowe theire mungrill nature could not | | |
| Produce a word, lesse vicious then themselves, | | 420 |
| And if not borrowed from ye sacred springs. | [FOL.27b] | |
| But tis to matter; Ile give them leave to envy | | |
| What is beyond theire reach, but for yor creature, | | |
| If I not bafle him in his proper humour | | |
| He burne my bookes, and turne a lawyers clearke. | | |
| But they are neere the doare you shall have sport. | | |
| I must begonn Exit | | |
| [Sly] Quicke — worth cherishing — | | |
| Scaena 4ta Enter Poore | | |
Trugull | ————— what, is't a hall ? | | |
Poore | best our poore house hath. — | | 430 |
Tru | — Pray whats your name? — | | |
Hard | — the gentlewoman minded | | |
Poore: | Doubt not but you shall well, I like the man | | |
| [That] He is a proper man[] yt will tempt much | | |
| Besides grave, generous as it seems to mee | | |
| Repleat wth worthy qualityes, & though rawe | | |
| In Cupids ceremonyes, I must thinke | | |
| A few instructions,will give him singular. | | |
Hard. | Doe you thinke soe Sr? | | 440 |
| Poor. Yes vndoubtedly | | |
| I know hee's very apt: to bee a gull. | | |
Snaile | — Pray Sr lets see the gentlewoman | | |
Poore: | You shall Gaspar lead vp these gentlemen | | |
| Vnto your mrs | | |
Sly | — I will — | | |
Poore: | Stay you wth mee Sr | | |
| Doe you inquire hir minde and bring hir downe | | |
| The whilst wee wilbe busy Gaspar lead them. | | |
Trugull. | Must not I goe to must I not? | | 450 |
Poore: | Not yet | | |
Trugull. | ——— and kisse and talke wth hir. | | |
Poore: | Sr it is best first to have mediates | [FOL.28a] | |
| Shee shallbee brought downe to you | | |
Strange | —————— speake lower | | |
| Poor: Pray Sr may I inquire your name and country? | | |
| [Tru: ————— of the name Ime sure] | | |
Quicke | How say you goodman dawe? | | |
Poore | Tis a faire living Sr | | |
Tru: | — But a faire living? | | 460 |
Poore | A very rich one | | |
Trug: | ———— I cry you mercy | | |
Poore | But Sr after what fashion would you woe? | | |
Tru: | Why are there divers fashions | | |
Poore | [Very many.] Yes as in other things | | |
| Soe wee're fantasticall in that, ney more. | | |
| Your woer is or rampant or couchant: | | |
| Your rampant woer, is an angry fellowe | | |
| That beares downe all before him should yu heare him, | | |
| You'de thinke hee were a souldier by his wounds. | | 470 |
| Heele sweare a woman in to love wth him. | | |
| Or spend whole vollyes of his oaths in vaine. | | |
| Though that doe seldome happen; for his thunder | | |
| Battars theire fortresses vntill they fall | | |
| Flatt downe before him. | | |
Trug: | —————Is it possible? | | |
Poore | Sr very true, your couchant, is a creature | | |
| Wch sighs and sobs out Hero & Leander, | | |
| Or some more mournfull elegyes; and hee goes | | |
| Alwayes crosse armed, to shewe his passions. | | 480 |
Tru: | ————— I wilbe that woer | [FOL.28b] | |
Poore: | Soe Sr but Ile instruct you soe effectually | | |
| You shan't neede halfe yt passion. Let mee see | | |
| You have a very perfect sperick eeye | | |
True | Yes Ide be sory elce ——— | | |
Poore: | —————And of congruous health | | |
Tru: | Yes I am very health full. | | |
Poore | —————————Sr the better | | |
| Your organs are more fitt; for I must teach you | | |
| To fix your eye wth iudgement, on an obiect; | | 490 |
| And Ile give such a power vnto ye radiature | | |
| Emitted from it yt shall strike hir | | |
| More conqueringly then Cupids golden shafte. | | |
| At the first sight you shall not speake to hir | | |
| But heare are lines wch when shee ginns approach | | |
| Ile desire you to reade, & you shall read the. | | |
| Say often say you writt them in hir prayse. | | |
Trug: | And they are none of myne ———— | | |
Poore | ——————oh Sr the better | | |
| You Imitate the gentile fashion | | 500 |
| They for the most part only live on others | | |
| By borrowing of others, and shall you | | |
| As well proportioned for a genltreman. | | |
| As amongst them the best, not keep ye fashion? | | |
Quicke | ————— will raile on the whole world | | |
Poore: | How! feare to ly? then feare to live, all creatures | | |
| Doe live by lying | | |
Tru: | som live by standing——————— | | |
Poore: | ———— Indeede I am deceaved. | | |
| For some doe live by standing, yet they ly to. | | 510 |
Tru: | It may bee soe ———— | | |
Poore: | And to beginn wth gallants, for nobility, | | |
| I durst not touch though they should spend themselves | | |
| On waxen Images; | | |
| Nor cleargy men though they should ly wth scripture. | | |
| And vitiate [th] it to adulte[rate]ry. | | |
| Have at your gallants, should they pay theire debts | | |
| As they doe promise, I knowe some now flants | | |
| In cloath of tyshue, yt would be as bare, | | |
| As when they first sett foote vpon this land. | | 520 |
| These live by falsifying of theire dayes; | | |
| Others by mating wth ye Cyty wives | | |
| Schollers and lawyers doe' live by theire toungs | | |
| And the best ground of schollers sophistry | | |
| Wch you may call lyes; but your lawyers toungs | | |
| Are strumpets ly wth all men yet they live by them. | | |
| Your citty lying is so truly knowne. | | |
| As I will not repeate it. | | |
Stran: | —————wth out cessation | | |
Poore: | But to goe forward, shee hearing hir praise read | | 530 |
| Cann't choose but speake to you, out of hir words | | |
| Then must you take occasion, and proce<a>de. | | |
| If I had tyme Ide give you actions | | |
| Wch should prove charmes, and drawe hir by ye eares, | | |
| Despight all propased antydotes of deafnes. | | |
Tru | ———— and speake soe? | | |
Poore | You shall most potently,yor eyes shall [sparkle] spread | | |
| Such flames of love, as shee shall feare to stirr | | |
| Least shee be scorched wth them, yor lips shall move. | | |
| Such sphӕrelike harmony as you shall ravish hir. | | 540 |
Tru: | —————— for ravishing | [FOL.29b] | |
Poore: | No, thinke not Ile vrge ought shalbe distastfull | | |
Tru | Nay nay you shant deny it. —————— | | |
Poore: | ——————— <Come>good Sr | | |
| Youle wrong mee much, for I have not deservd it. | | |
Quicke | ————— and it shalbe kept. | | |
Poore: | But Sr I must confesse Ive laboured | | |
| And donn you more good wth ye gentlewoman. | | |
| Then cann this tenn tymes doubled procure mee. | | |
| Yet since you offer it soe vnrequested | | 550 |
| I doe accept it as sufficient recompence. | | |
| For all my labour, not because tis worth them, | | |
| I like your will, farr better then the gift. | | |
| Be mindfull that you wrap a ring ith verses. | | |
Tru: | Oh I meant that, will not this serve ? | | |
Poor | ———— it will | | |
Strange: | Not very well —————— | | |
Poore: | ———— be ready they are coming, | | |
| Sr shall I heare them. | | |
Tru: | Attend for these are they. | | |
Poore: | Sr I doe heare. | | 560 |
Tru: | That's for the ring —————— | | |
| | | |
Poore: | ———— Sr these are very good | | |
Tru: | I would shee heard mee | | |
Poore: | Doe you vse this often ? | | |
Trug: | I would shee'de heard them read. — | | |
Poore: | ————— Sr ift please you, | | |
| I will present them to hir. | | |
Gill | Greater perfection to them. | | |
Poore: | ——— tickle hir wth prayse. | | |
| Tell hir theire good because theire end is good | | 570 |
| Wch is to prayse hir. | | |
Hard | When comes hir vncle Sr? | | |
Poore: | ————I did receave | | |
| A letter wch assured tomorrowe night. | [FOL.30a] | |
| This night heele visit ye great bed of ware | | |
| Had hee a lasse of like dimensions | | |
| Twould scarce conteine them. | | |
Hand. | —— is hee soe burlye? | | |
Poore: | The northerne ale hath made him a Lucullus | | |
| Hee's a meere man of fatnes, you must feede him | | 580 |
| And fee him well, if you expect ought from him | | |
| He is desirous of a well greased fist | | |
| As well as mouth or belly. | | |
Hard | —————I was so rash | | |
Poore: | The end will croune it ioyfully be sure | | |
| You'enquire not to much after hir portion: | | |
| Twill vex himstrangely, bee not you to strickt, | | |
| In asking forraine bills for ye performance, | | |
| Twill hinder all your hopes, hee's very collericke | | |
| And must be humour'd to the full, or elce | | 590 |
| | | |
Hard: | Hee's fire and toe, I doe instruct you savingly. | | |
| Not aske her portion! | | |
Hard: | Of what hee promiseth.<P.> Yes you may enquire but | | |
| not &cӕ | | |
Poore: | Hir fathers bond and his wilbe sufficient | | |
| I give you Sr the worst and yet I thinke | | |
| Hee'l[e] hardly trouble any to be bound | | |
| Nor love that man wch shall distrust his honesty | | |
Stran | [I] — hee's [ ] now about it | | |
Poore: | Sr some small conference I'de desire wth you | | 600 |
Snaile | Wth mee Sr? very willingly. | | |
Poore | ——————————I must greive | | |
| Soe good a man as you should be soe wrong'd | | |
| As my art sayth you are.Would that wrong'd mee. | | |
| And that my house should be soe much vnhappy | | |
| As to detaine you from yor home th<i>s tyme | | |
Snaile. | I have lost nothing have I Sr? | [FOL.30b] | |
Poore: | [] ——— A rare iewell | | |
| S<na>ile I ever had ———— | | |
Poore: | Sr tis your wife I meane. | | 610 |
Snaile: | ————— Not gonn Sr is shee? | | |
Poore: | Hir honour hath left hir, for shee hath left | | |
| To bee an honest wife, you knowe on Medle? | | |
Snaile: | ————————————— my good cu[ ]stomer. | | |
Poore: | [Hir honour hath left hir for shee] | | |
| T should seeme soe he hath go[od]tt yor best ware Sr | | |
Snaile: | I nere wrongd you ———— | | |
Poore | ———— nor ere mistrusted him ? | | |
Snaile: | No on my life. — | | |
Poore: | ————— nor wife, I knowe it well | | 620 |
| Sir hye you home; if you now meet not wth him. | | |
| He give you such instructions as you shall | | |
| In ye named place at further tyme, meanwhile | | |
| I knowe a gentleman whom he hath wrongd | | |
| Will give his best indeavour, to finde out | | |
| The tyme, & to prevent him if you please. | | |
| Sr I will send the gentleman to morrowe. | | |
Strange: | ———————to what you please | | |
Poore | Sr I will send the gentleman to morrowe | | |
| That shall intrap him. | | 630 |
Snaile | ——————— indeede shee told mee soe | | |
Poore: | Pray Sr be patient heare. — | | |
Snaile: | I pray you Sr remember mee ——— | | |
Poore | Be sure I will; and send the gentleman to morrow morne | | |
| By [that ]eight o'th [ ] clocke. | | |
Snaile: | —————— heele deale honestly? | | |
Poore | If you mistrust him, one you shall thinke faythfull | | |
| Choose to this office, I but offer Sr, | | |
| Tis in your will to'accept | | |
Snaile | Be not to credulous I did thinke — | | 640 |
Poore. | —————————— fy fy | [FOL.31a] | |
| blaze not your owne discredite, tis tomuch | | |
| You know't your selfe. | | |
Snaile: | ————— but are you sure tis true | | |
Poore | I would I were not ——————— | | |
Hard | Tomorrowe night he comes. | | |
Poore | ————— yes yes tomorrowe | | |
| | | |
Tru: | ————— wee shalbe married. | | |
Poore | I doubt not but you shall | | |
Hard | —— you sha'nt soe suddenly | | 650 |
Poore | Are you not yet adultus? | | |
Tru: | —— what doe you meane | | |
Poore: | not yet of age? | | |
Trug: | ———— yes that I hope I am | | |
Poore | Will you then suffer Sr such contradiction? | | |
| Lett them determine of you appoint tymes? | | |
Trug: | Nay and I will to —————— | | |
Poore: | —Oh Sr been't to feirce | | |
| He is your vncle, you doe owe some duty | | |
| Or at the least respect———————— | | 660 |
Hard | ——— A second father to him. | | |
Poore: | You must be rul<e>d, but not to much oreruld | | |
Tru: | ———————— Ile warrant you | | |
Poore | Sr Heele bee gonn ere this be not to violent | | |
| Vpon your wife inquire out secretly. | | |
Hard | bee his continual rendez vouz ——— | | |
Poore | [A] ——— and reason. | | |
Gill | I must continue Mrs Change ——————— | | |
Poore. | —————— They heare | | |
| You must, a iustice of peaces daughter, | | 670 |
| Ith north at least | | |
Quicke | ————————— did you feare us | | |
Poore | Not as Snaile feares meddle, to morrowe morne | | |
| You must to him, hee will initiate you | | |
| Him selfe in to acquaintance wth his wife | | |
| If you shall neede my counsell, Ile instruct you | [FOL.31b] | |
| How to behave yourselfe in information | | |
Quicke | to much I feare ——————— | | |
Poore | ———— no hee must bee inraged | | |
| You must add to his fury and augment it | | 680 |
Quicke | Vpon ye least distastfull word ——— | | |
Poore | ———— and lett him | | |
| Nay if hee be an angry boy weele deale wth him | | |
| And fright him from his roaring humours, wee | | |
| Cann talke, bristle, and vaunt, as well as hee. | | |
| Exeunt | | |
| | | |
| Actus 3ij scӕna 2da | | |
Poore | What cheaters did heesay ? | | |
Sly | —— that was the word | | |
Poore | And couldst thou suffer it goe thou'rt a gull | | 690 |
| & that huge bulke of thyne those giant limbs | | |
| Conteine not any sparkeof man wthin them. | | |
| Sdeath had I heard him he should have found I had | | |
| A thunder in my hand Iove in my voyce | | |
Sly | ———— and sayth vs cheaters | | |
Poore: | Pish tis a puny oneeasy to performe. | | |
| Ile have a duble or a <no> revenge | | |
| Vppon my life I think<e> [t] thou wouldst confess | | |
| Vs cheaters should a man inquire of thee. | | |
Sly | Wee are noe better —————— | | 700 |
Poore | ————— I thought this, thou lyest | | |
| What ere of cheating's in mee it is thyne: | | |
| Thou didst intice, coniure mee by our wants | | |
| Didst force me too't when I god knowes was minded | | |
| Never to suffer more in this vild world. | | |
Sly | But how much in ye insuing.———— | | |
Poore | Doe not vex mee | | |
| By all good things I vowe, and will performe it | | |
| If ere I learne, yt alike worde be spoken | | |
| Thou hearing, suffering it, I will abiure thee; | [FOL.32a] | |
| Leave thee vnto thy selfe & spoile thy hopes | | 711 |
Sly | You may doe as you please ——————— | | |
Poore | [G] ——— goe to Virginia | | |
| To the Bromoodoes, or elce hire my selfe | | |
| Vnto the Northwest passage; if these faile: | | |
| Turne Poet stageplayer or anything, | | |
| rather then live wth thee, Ile sell my selfe | | |
| Vnto a Iewe or worse, an english vserour | | |
| Whom have I cheated? only Ive sold Hard | | |
| Fishd my young gallant Trugull vexed Snaile | | 720 |
| Intic'd my Strange to poetrie, thats poverty: | | |
| Wch hee shall surely feele prevented Medle | | |
| Drawne blood from Quicke, or at the least will draw it | | |
| What act mongst these deserves ye name of cheating | | |
| Ist not to gett from vserours charitable? | | |
| And to lett him bee wise, yt is not cousned | | |
| Whome nature made a foole is against nature | | |
| To lett men knowe when others doe them wrong | | |
| Is a great Iustice, and worth recompence. | | |
| And to make him a poet that would bee one, | | 730 |
| Is att the most but to fullfill his vowes. | | |
| What to prevent a lawyer since theire knowne | | |
| To circumvent all others, but meere equity? | | |
| And to take vengeance on who doe defame vs, | | |
| Soe it bee noble, is allowed to vs | | |
| by Martiall lawe, whome have I cheated now | | |
| Whom have I cheated now, or against whom | | |
| Have I intended more, then may bee donn? | | |
Sly | ———— their end maks actions good | [FOL.32b] | |
Poore. | Tis true my Sly. <I'm> in apparrell well, | | 740 |
| Sufficient for a petty gentleman | | |
| Where is thy rapier ? | | |
Sly. | What do'est thou intend? —— | | |
Poore | — What cannst thou guesse? | | |
Sly | Not well ———————— | | |
Poore | — then aske not, for thou shalt not knowe. | | |
| Wher ist ————————— | | |
Sly | —— above —— | | |
Poore | If Quicke doe chance come hither, | | |
| Stay him till my returne wch shalbe suddaine. | | 750 |
| If heele not stay will him, not goe to Snailes | | |
| Till I may speake wth him, Gill bring down ye rapier | | |
| If Trugull come lett Gill and hee be private, | | |
| If hee be earnest, lett him presse hir his. | | |
Gill | ——— spirit on his bankes. | | |
Poore | Take heede my Dousabell vnto your docke | | |
| Looke not to my affaires; take heede yor Trugull | | |
| Bee not to hard for you hees a lusty knave | | |
| Cann pitch his barr well, shoote his shaft arright | | |
| And pay you home my Gill; hee cann ifayth. | | 760 |
Gill | That shalbe tryed —— | | |
Poore | ————— bee wary and doe well | | |
| Prepare yor selfe vnto yor part anon Exit. | | |
| | | |
| Actus 3ij scӕna 3ia | | |
Med | — wish hee had not inquired. Enter Poore disguisd | | |
Poore: | Oh Mr Medle I have sought you Sr | | |
| In all your places of retreat. | | |
Me[l]d | — [—] Vnto what end Sr | | |
Poore | Wee are private heare | | |
| Now I will give it you, you knowe one Quicke | | 770 |
| An envious raskall one that laboureth | | |
| That seeketh causes to defame all men | | |
| And if they want his wil's sufficient | [FOL.33a] | |
| For hee defames them; and vniustly iust | | |
| Beginns wth his owne intimates; this vild wretch | | |
| Hath quite supplanted all yor hopes at Snailes | | |
Med: | —— may bee supplanted | | |
| | | |
Poore: | Nay lett it not seeme strange, I know yor hopes | | |
| Your more then hopes your much assurance there | | |
| Of his wives love, know all occurrances. | | 780 |
| And come to tell you yt you are abused | | |
| By this same Quicke, who hath, I knowe not how, | | |
| But sure it was by some sinister meanes | | |
| Found first you lov'd & after whom you loved. | | |
| Who hath (to what intent I doe not knowe) | | |
| Yet sure hee did intend to wrong you by it | | |
| Reveal'd the privacy of your love vnto | | |
| Hir husband who now truly iealous | | |
| Hath giv'n in charge to one of's trusty freinds. | | |
| That if you chance to come thither hee should | | 790 |
| Much circumspectly watch your haviour | | |
| The manner of your language to his wife | | |
| And farther yt hee should bee certified | | |
| Of your approach wch how suspiciously | | |
| Heed take, the very premisies demonstrate. | | |
| Your perill may bee much too, hee is desperate, | | |
| And I doe thinke will hardly brooke to see you | | |
| Wthout much fury,wch though you esteeme not; | | |
| Yet poore gentlewoman. ————— | | |
Med | Advise mee for ye best sr | | 800 |
Poore | —— trust mee I will | | |
| First be reveng'd on Quicke, & if you cann | | |
| Make him confess that only enviously | | |
| He scandald you for some small wrong you did him. | [FOL.33b] | |
| Then you devise some other means besides | | |
| How to confirme hir honesty | | |
Med: | your name I pray sr | | |
Poore | —— change a Yorkeshireman | | |
Med. | Sr I am much indebted to you[r lov]e | | |
Poore | ————— and I will study [asside | | 810 |
| How you shall pay oh Sr humanity | | |
| Commaunds this office | | |
Med: | Stronglier knitt betweene vs | | |
Poore | Sr I desire it may, wch to continue | | |
| He give you intelligence, for I am ye man | | |
Snaile | hath appointed as hir overseer | | |
Med | I thanke you. | | |
Poore: | When you would speake wth mee send to Poor's house | | |
| The scholler, I shall heare of it, the tyme | | |
| Will not afford mee farther leisure now | | 820 |
| Sr fare yow well. Exit | | |
| | | |
| Actus 3ij scӕna 4ta | | |
Wife | — occasion to vnsluce them —— Enter Poore. | | |
Snaile: | ———— to whom should I give credite? | | |
Poore | To them yt you thinke best deserve it Sr, | | |
| What place commaunds shee in your credulous heart, | | |
| That hee should force beleefe against your wife | | |
| Shee may be chaster then the mourning aire | | |
| Purg'd by the sunn of vitiating mists. | | |
| But yet there is a shrewd suspition | | 830 |
| Much frequent in your freinds, they think not soe | | |
| Ile vowe, Ive heard him say yt he hath knowne hir, | | |
| But yet how [vn]truly 'tis vnknowne. | | |
Wife | My duty to you. | | |
Poore: | —— your knowledge I desire | | |
| Sr I doe greive, I chose soe sad a tyme | | |
| For the beginning of acquaintance, but | [FOL.34a] | |
| I hope it shall continue wth more ioy. | | |
| This is your fault Sr, you are to vnkind, | | |
| Vnto soe sweete a wife. | | 840 |
Snail | Be very long —————— | | |
Poore: | Sr Ile performe it zealously. | | |
| I would be private wth you Mrs —— | | |
Wife | Bee privat wth mee | | |
Poore | —— I have strong occasions. | | |
| Dry: —— wth hir privatest counsell | | |
Poore: | Then I dare like wise, you knowe Medle? | | |
Wife | True | | |
Poore | And he hath blabd it | | |
Wife | ———— as you meane | | 850 |
Poore; | Oh to to truly | | |
Wife | What<,> durst ye villaine say soe? —— | | |
Po | [P] —— Positively. | | |
Wife | And soe Ime knowne. | | |
Poore | By him, for hee perceaving | | |
| You now begann neglect him, likewise knowing | | |
| Your love wa[ll]s fully fixed on Quicke, did thinke | | |
| No better way to secure you his owne | | |
| Then by revealing your intended love | | |
| Wch hee hathfully donn; the other to | | 860 |
| Not knowing freelyer to settle you | | |
| In your newe love, then by displacing Medle; | | |
| Hath striven wth great effect to yt performance | | |
| Thus have they laboured to supplant each other | | |
Wife | But only I have be<e>ne tript vp —— | | |
Poore | —— most true | | |
| Whilst they reioyce in theire high enterprise | | |
| And thinke theire wits much good ———— | | |
Wife | Ile be revenged | [FOL.34b] | |
Poore | —You must that Ile performe | | 870 |
| I thinke I have allready —— | | |
Dry | Vpon my life ———— | | |
Poore | You shall not finde mee otherwise. | | |
Wife | Your love shal bee rewarded —— | | |
Poore | — wth your I hope | | |
| That is my only ayme | | |
Dry | —— — deserve to have it | | |
Poore | And I will keepe it warely, by this | | |
| Your envious lovers may bleed each by other | | |
Wife | —— I shall reioyce | | 880 |
| | | |
Poore | Tis like they will ——— | | |
Dry | —— no matter lett them sinke | | |
Poore | If not Ile soe provide your honour shall | | |
| No whitt be impeached | | |
Wife | Then I shalbee vnspotted —— | | |
Poore | —— not knowne otherwise | | |
Wife | — be holding to you Sr | | |
Poore | Now shall my ignoramus and young witt | | |
| Knowe they have found a scholler yt can iearke ye | | |
| Who have wee heare my gull & Gillian | | 890 |
| What intend they trowe? | | |
Tru: | And you Sr — | | |
Poore | — I returne your complement | | |
| Wth ye like wish to you, & yt faire gentlewoma | | |
Wife | — — Ile give my indeavour | | |
Poore | And doe not you vse to carreine your selfe? | | |
| What fucus have you daubd your face wth , ha ? | | |
| Thinke you Ile have you vse theise plasterings | | |
| And outgoe snakes in monthly casting skinns | | |
Tru: | Theide looke like eels for all ye world. —— | | 900 |
Poore | —Spraule soe | | |
| And be more slipery as they are. but sr, | [FOL.35a] | |
| I hope you not intend hir for your wife | | |
Tru: | Beleiv't Sr but I doe —— | | |
Poore | —— beleive't you must not | | |
Tru: | ———— Ile aske hir | | |
Poore: | You shall not need, for I cann certify you, | | |
| I have reserved hir for my selfe. | | |
Tru: | —————— be cousned of my wife? | | |
Poore | How Srrah cousned, such []an other word | | 910 |
| And Ile lopp of a limbe send you to' the' spittle | | |
| There to condole your losse. Srrah if your eares | | |
| The want of them I mean cann move you ought | | |
| Let mee not heare another word but give hir mee. | | |
Tru: | [Sr I doe love my eares and feare myeares] | | |
| It were a prety toy to gett hir from mee | | |
Poor | Are my words toye | | |
Tru: | Ile try what you cann doe | | |
| Marry and shall trips him vp. | | |
| Soe sr you see now in what plight you are | | 920 |
Tru | ———— doe not hurt mee | | |
Poore | On the conditions yt I shall propose | | |
| You are your owne man shee likewise your wife | | |
| You shall give mee to hundred pounds to right | | |
| My wrongs. | | |
Tru | — but trust mee sr yts somewhat hard | | |
Poore: | Doe not deny'it for if you doe by this. | | |
| Not forty kicks, not 20 luggs by th'are | | 930 |
| As many tweaks by the nose, your fower foreteeth | | |
| A little finger shall not save your life | | |
| At least a maine limbe. | | |
Wife | For my sake a lesse ransom. | | |
Poore | Your commaund. | | |
| I must obay, it shalbe but a hundred. | [FOL.35b] | |
| And heare you [brin] leave it wth yor tutor Poore | | |
| Be sure you faile not, if you doe you knowe. | | |
Tru: | [W] —— when shall I carry it? | | |
Poore | This night I knowe yu cann whĕ it please you. | | 940 |
Tru: | I will Sr —— | | |
Poore | —— Gill how goe things at home? | | |
Gill | —— will vnto him | | |
Poore | Why, this is admirable, past my wish, | | |
| I will home instantly. nay since you will not, | | |
| Goe take hir to you, shee is your's but knowe | | |
| Your vncle and your sire shall heare of it | | |
Gill | ———— into a di'vell | | |
Poore | You have yor tounge at liberty, tis your owne | | 950 |
| B<u>t you ere long shall wish you'de tyed it vp | | |
| Mrs I take my leave you are revenged | | |
| The rivals doe bleed each by others sword. | | |
Wife | ——— heare againe ere long | | |
Poore | I am bound to it, youngster fare you well | | |
| Keepe your word duly, or: no more but[doe] keep it. | | |
| And you my quondam betroathd, I will leave you | | |
| But knowe, the divill, will fly love as ye sea | | |
| As ships doe saile two wayes wth the same [m] winde | | |
| Soe woemen leave and take wth ye same minde | | 960 |
| | | |
| Actus 4ti scӕna 1ia | | |
Badg: | —— and forsake his blewe trash —— (Enter Poore | | |
Poore: | This is Quickes lodging and he []hath been heere. | | |
Badg: | [ ————] The cheating scholler —————— | | |
Poore: | — This concearnes mee much | | |
| Ime glad I heard of this, God save you Sr | | |
Badg: | And you if you be worth it —— | | |
Poore | —— you have beene [wth Mr Quicke] | | |
| Wth Mr Quicke I pray you sr how fares hee | | |
Badg: | I wont tell you ———— | [FOL.36a] | |
Poore | —— Sr I came from your Mr | | 971 |
Badg: | My Mr? —— | | |
Poore | [Yes,] Your name is Badger [is it not] e<n>t it | | |
Bad | —— wth mee from my Mr? | | |
Poore. | Sr I was coming to you to this lodging | | |
| To knowe how the owner doth that if hee have | | |
| Required ought [b]of you from yor Mr, you should | | |
| Give mee the the message, you ye whilst should goe | | |
| To Medle, whom if you found dangerous | | |
| Then certifye him, Quicke is dead wherby | | 980 |
| Hee may fly more securely | | |
Badg: | Faithfully and earnestly? | | |
Poore | ——As you would your selfe | | |
Badg: | —— he doth demaund ? —— [Badg: gives him ye Ire | | |
Poore: | Iff I cann gett it as I hope I shall | | |
| You neede not doubt | | |
Badg: | —— then fare you well —————— | | |
Poore | ———— Ile gull you he opens ye Ire. | | |
| This day is like to prove a very rare one | | |
| I never look'd for this, it came vnhoped | | 990 |
| Fifty good pound tis well, it soundeth great | | |
| Flush in these slops; but I must not deferr. | | |
| Things falling out soe fittly I must take | | |
| All the occasions yt the tymes cann make. | | |
| Exit | | |
| | | |
| Actus 4ti Scӕna 2da | | |
| ———— Sly. ————— would it had beene a hundred. Enter | | |
Hard | ———— I am not quite cheated | | |
Poore | But you may chance to feele a new relapse | | |
| Sr I would speake wth you —————— | | 1000 |
| Stran<g> — you may —————— | | |
Poore | ——————————— In privat [FOL. 36b] | | |
| Th'affaires are vrgent, Mr Quicke your freind | | |
| Commends his best love to you, wth this letter | | |
| Twill give you his full minde and his desire | | |
St | —— how fares hee Sr | | |
Poore | In good plight but that feare of Medle's death | | |
| Doth make him feare his life, but hee well hopes | | |
| By yor assistant love, to avoyd all | | |
| Those daungers wch as yet doe seeme to presse him | | 1010 |
Strang | —————— why came not my knave! | | |
Poore | Sr He intreated him to visit Medle | | |
| And learne ye hopes or feares conceivd of him. | | |
Sly | ———— fare you well good brother | | |
Poore: | Pray Sr commend mee to your kinsman trugull | | |
| Tell him one Change expecteth him | | |
Sly | Is your name Change? | | |
Poore | — Yes my great man of worship | | |
| My Sly changd to a <hee> bosse to a swod | | |
| What, hast thou quilted thy faind gutts wth gold, | | 1020 |
| Cramb'd them wth baggs? ———— | | |
Sly | ———— of my neice Gillian | | |
Poore | That was a maine one, how my Gogmagog | | |
Sly | When it is donn Ile tell you howe | | |
Poore | —————— . what doubtfull ? | | |
| Nay then I have out strip't thee, I did cause | | |
| Those two to fight, and for my better vengeance | | |
| Have gott this fifty pound, wch Quicke doth borrow | | |
| Of my True strange. an other hundered | | |
| [My] Gills Trugull will bring into I expect him, | | 1030 |
| And I have future hopes of ampler bootyes | | |
| Wch my lawe lover, scholler hating Medle | | |
| Shall yeeld vs, I will soke him and exhaust him | | |
| Exantlate, pumpe out, and drawe dry hisbaggs | [FOL.37a] | |
| Wee play for whole baggs wee'r no puny sharks | | |
| That venter to bee trust vp for the nipping | | |
| A bung fraught wth no more then a scotch marke | | |
| None of your Gipsyes, that prole napery | | |
| Wth shirts and smocks, no pidlers,wee doe deale | | |
| In wholesale wee, yett doe not feare a noose | | 1040 |
| A ginn to lift vs vp: lawe cann't condemne vs | | |
| To further pennance then our eares cann satisfy | | |
Sly | Tookest thou this shape? | | |
Poore. | ——— to that is perfected | | |
| Revenge, but stay hee comes lett vs fall of | | |
Stran: | ——— you may tell't please it you | | |
Poore | It shall not need, Sr I dare trust yor word | | |
| If you'le confirme it right | | |
Stran: | Let mee inquire yor name. | | |
Poor | ——— my name is change | | 1050 |
Sly | —— as I knowe. | | |
Poore | I should have gloried to have beene admitted | | |
| Into soe grave a consanguinity | | |
Sly | And lett vs see you often —————— | | |
Poore | ——— I shall trouble you | | |
Sly | —— quaffe drunke wth all | | |
Poore | I take my leave | | |
Sly | To my freind | | |
Poore | ——— I shall Exit. | | |
| | | |
| Actus 4ti scӕna 3ia | | 1060 |
Sna[]ile | —— sr shee is mine. Enter Poore | | |
Med | —— acquitt wth my deniall | | |
Poore | What wth a mischeif make they heere or I | | |
| This was no fitt tyme for my action | | |
| I must turne honest fate will have it soe. | [FOL.37h] | |
| Yet He not loose my booty, ile attempt it | | |
| And venter gainst loves thunder. | | |
Med. | — may give some ayde, oh freind! —— | | |
Poore | ————— Why Sr your freind? | | |
| I am but will not seeme soe. your'r a villaine. | | 1070 |
| Have wrong'd a matron yt deserves the stole | | |
| For hir strong chastity wth the name of bad. | | |
Wife | ————— Peace. | | |
Poore | Doe not I knowe yt you did bribe ye scholler | | |
| (I have learn't all theire trickes, & will perforce, | | |
| Despight theire pollicy turne the on themselves,) | | |
| To suggest hir false to hir to credulous husband | | |
| Wth Quicke, and yt [h<e>e] Quicke did outbribe him, soe | | |
| To make more easy way to worke hir false | | |
| Is not this true? deny it? | | 1080 |
Med | You dare not proove t[this]. | | |
Poore | —— oh frontlesse impudence! | | |
| What cann afford more truth to my inditement | | |
| Then his even staggering toung in his owne cause | | |
| Hee falters, faints, growes weake []to excusation. | | |
Snaile | —— receave this guilt soe pronely? | | |
Poore | Oh Sr sufficient reason since h'hath tried | | |
| Hir much inpregnable to all his slights | | |
| Hee would accuse hir. and no way soe strongly | | |
| As when hee would give crime vnto himselfe | | 1090 |
Snaile | ————Then your crime was great | | |
Poore | A new vnheard of one. | | |
Snaile. | And greater love. ———— | | |
Poore | It must bee soe you've wrongd them. [To Med: | | |
| You must if tyme doe graunt deserve hir pardon] | | |
Med. | That I may merit it | | |
Poore | No, no, you cannot | | |
| There is a death attends you will prevent it. | [FOL.38a] | |
Med | —— — but cann't I fly it? | | |
Poore | You shall lett that suffice no signe of joy | | 1100 |
Snaile | In that [nam]e [st<i>le] towards mee. | | |
Poore | You looke to fix'dly | | |
| Vpon this coulour, wch will dull yor sence | | |
| Of apprehension; and make mee see <m>e other | | |
| Then what I am. I yeeld I closd wth him | | |
| Why this sole end wch I did still propose | | |
| Cann give sufficient reason: my intent | | |
| Of coming hither was to free your iealousy. | | |
| To give you this chast comfort you now finde | | |
| Or elce to fix hir in perpetuall shame | | 1110 |
Snaile | I still doe thinke soe. | | |
Poore | Shall still thinke true | | |
| Whilst you continue in that fayth, inquire | | |
| Of that ill tempting scholler, if you finde him | | |
| A little differing in my maine of truth | | |
| Sepose mee from the number of your freinds | | |
Snaile: | ———— why doth hee feare death | | |
Poore | That Quicke wch caused your passion by him is not | | |
Wife | ——— much daunger may succeed | | |
Poore: | Much losse must followe I even feare to death | | 1120 |
Med | — I thanke you fare yow well | | |
Poore | How pretily shee doth desire his death. | | |
| But I will hope more prosperous event | | |
| Then your ill boading minde suggests to you. | | |
| For lettmee tell you, I doe knowe ye man | | |
| Cann force the rugged lawe vnbend hir browe | | |
| And fetch a smile from a more easy power; | | |
| Wch shall givehir morecheerfull countenance. | | |
| Then is hir genuine, vpon faire tearmes. | [FOL.38b] | |
| For honied speach, is an availing sacrifice; | | 1130 |
| But when a golden offring is prepar'd | | |
| You may expect not meane successe, what though | | |
| Philosophers have vrged that theire gods | | |
| Were more delighted wth ye givers minde | | |
| Then wth the glory of the haust was offred? | | |
| Yet had not men suppos'd them more accepted | | |
| They would have fitted humbler to theire altars. | | |
| Spare not a free hand & strike highest powers— | | |
| Theire sure ones yt I trust to, yes soe sure | | |
| As should they wth strong hand, force man and wife | | 1140 |
| To seperation, soe to gaine a freind | | |
| A female one I meane; murder the opposers | | |
| Venter the mine of a state, and plott | | |
| To take away competitours, they might doe it | | |
| Securely, and detected, be vnblam'd | | |
| Att least vnpunished | | |
Med | much easily obtained —————— | | |
Poore | Wthout much difficulty | | |
| But you must thinke yt in externe affaires | | |
| Theile not soe strongly labour wthout hope | | 1150 |
| Of future benefitt. | | |
Med | —— blood and spirit away ? | | |
Poore | Your life I will secure mee on myne owne | | |
| If wee conclude agreementfor what summ | | |
Med | Being your creature | | |
Poore | Sr prepare the summ | | |
| Against I bring you life —— | | |
Med | —— I shall, what is it? | | |
Poore | An easy one I dare venter it for | | 200 |
Med | ———— vnlesse my tombe | [FOL.39a] | |
Poore: | These sacred meditations strongly fitt | | 1161 |
| Men given to observance of true virtue; | | |
| But thinke not only, of your last good Sr | | |
| For there are many mediates wch require | | |
| Some like respect wth that. | | |
Med | Who have longhope to escape that. —— | | |
Poore | [] —— then wth you | | |
| For heere is that will give you lives assurance | | |
| For this crime | | |
Med | Have you a pardon Sr ? | | 1170 |
Poore | ———— probatum est | | |
| And Sr wthout compelling articles | | |
| Your will is theire desire, what you shall please | | |
| Wilbe sufficient vnto the acceptedly. | | |
Med | ——— a deniere from it | | |
Poore | Your hand wilbe to liberall, they procurd it | | |
| Wth a small easy breath. | | |
Med | And then at last hardly obtainde. —— | | |
Poore | —————— tis true | | |
| I will accept for them, what you shall please | | 1180 |
Med | and Ile deliver it | | |
Poore | I will, the waight of my deserts, how strong | | |
| It is how forcible this benefitt? | | |
| When should his coyne bee wth my pardon layed | | |
| In a true ballance myne would bee outwaigh'd, | | |
| Tost in to aire; What I receave I gett | | |
| Giving him for his sterling counterfett | | |
| Wth wch [hee]sIme well appayde, hee is well pleasd | | |
| Hee that hath to much may of some be eas<ed>. | | |
| Exit | | 1190 |
| | | |
| Actus 5ti scӕna ia | [FOL.39b] | |
Badg: | —— Slid heare comes somebody Ente Poore. | | |
| Badg. you shal bee mett wth sr | | |
Poore | I must now doffe this covert of my villainye | | |
Quicke | I must thanke thee for thy words have been | | |
| An ample gaine to mee, and Badger to | | |
Badg: | A sees mee not trowe, doth hee ? | | |
Poore | ————— thou hast binn | | |
| A great ayde to mee, I must give thee thanks. | | |
Badg: | ——— when you knowe all. | | 1200 |
Poore | How evesdropt | | |
Badg | —Hee []hath not the same beard. | | |
Poore | Ile wash and shave you, and yor greasy blewcoat | | |
| My serving <d>onn I will; but I must forgoe | | |
| This fifty pound now I am caught wth it. | | |
| Twill make a deepe hole in my summs, a la<n>ke | | |
| Wch all my letting out cann nere make full. | | |
| I would some taylour would instruc tme fairly | | |
| To patch vp this misshapen sute againe | | |
| And give it wth out bracke. Well I [will keep] Ie not looseit. | | 1210 |
| But yett to loose my vncle were worse ill | | |
| Let it prove how it will Ile venter it | | |
| Abide the hazard of it. Ile tosse fairly | | |
| To scape, fortune must be my opposite | | |
| If I doe loose it. | | |
Badg: | A mischeife on your muttering chops | | |
Poore | ————— Have at you | | |
| I left it heare, and I must search it out. | | |
Badg | ———— but not soe well | | |
Poore | True for the savour's worse. | | 1220 |
Badg | As thinn a roome asmay bee | | |
Poore: | I remember | | |
| Twas on this side Llayd it; what have I heare | | |
| What is it turn'd into a baskett hilt | | |
| And threadbare blewe coate, twas agood exchange [Fol.40a] | | |
| For him that made it; vm, maynot the snake | | |
| That cast the skinn be found heare, nor ought elce ? | | |
| Nay ile search furder; oh you michingraskall | | |
| What have I found you? You shall pay for it. | | |
| The raskall was crept vp into a mousehole | | 1230 |
| And lay as close as a hedge hogg: what freind Badger? | | |
Badg; | I even the same Sr —————— | | |
Poore | What makst thou heare now? | | |
Badg | —And. —— and — . | | |
Poore | What, what then? | | |
Badg | —— [you doe knowe his humour] And I dare not venter. | | |
Poore | What. | | |
Badg | till his anger'spast. | | |
Poore | Tis well, were not thy parents puritanes? | | |
Badg: | [W] —— why doe you aske | | 1240 |
Poore | Did they not teach thee for to pray extempore | | |
Badg | But when they went to them | | |
Poore | ———— did they not hum and ha | | |
| When they were gravelld | | |
Badg | —— yes perchance they did | | |
Poore | And when thou wert gott ——— | | |
Badg: | I don't remember that | | |
Poore | Mee thinks they should it seem's innate to thee. | | |
| But thou'st reduced it better to thy art | | |
| Of lying; I doe knowe your busines mungrill | | 1250 |
| Your sett to spy my noble trencher man | | |
| You've waited all this while but for small cheare | | |
| An howers attendance had beene better giv'n | | |
| For but a head of garlicke, see you this steele? | | |
| Ile make you munch a peice of't if yu swear not [Fol.40b] | | |
| As I shall vrge, but if you sweare looke heare | | |
| Crounes you mad raskall. | | |
Badg | Then I will sweare | | |
Poore | —— tis well sayed but this place | | |
| Is no fitt one for quarrels,will you sweare? | | 1260 |
Bad: | Since I am forced I will | | |
Poore | ————— thou shalt no furder | | |
| Then I allready have: you shall conceale mee. | | |
| Not give him notice, that I was ye factour | | |
| Who tooke vp fifty pound on Quicks behalfe | | |
Badg: | Why by this hand I wont. | | |
Poore | What doe you equivocate | | |
| And sweare by your leffe hand whe you mean to write it? | | |
| Sweare you by both your hands | | |
Badg: | —— by my both hands | | 1270 |
Poore | — nor either of them. | | |
Badg | [ne] — neither | | |
Poore | Nor your tounge | | |
| In word or signe you shall make any way: | | |
Badger | No way by signes or tokens | | |
Poore | —— this thou swearst | | |
| thy sword hilts, for thats the hardest oath | | |
| I cann now force thee to. | | |
Badg | ——— I doe sweare this. | | |
Poore | Wthout reservances | | 1280 |
Badg | I from my heart | | |
Poore | Then heare my noble skincker heare is gold | | |
| Twill give thee freise in stead of thy blew coate. | | |
| Twill give thee gaudyes, thou mayst cram thyselfe | | |
| Wth kicksh<a>wes now, as long as this shall last | | |
| Whilest this resplendant substance shall remaine | | |
| Wthin ye repleat body of thy purse. | | |
| This hath sufficient spirit, centinell. | [FOL.41a] | |
| Twill give thee douszens, more then perfect summs | | |
| They shall exceed the prӕdicament's best number | | 1290 |
| And the 3 principals: three shall not bee all. | | |
| Twill make thee looke, like a Claridiano | | |
| Till it hath made thee a hebitated Zoophyton. | | |
Badg | ————— wth your conjuring tearmes | | |
Poore | Fare well good badger, I have other busines | | |
| I should bee more intent to. | | |
| Exit. | | |
| | | |
| Actus 5ti scӕ 2da (Poore sitts at his study) | | |
Sly | ——— and ready in that art, I would faine h<ear>e him | | 1300 |
Stran | Heare a lector from you | | |
Poore | Most willingly though Ime not <we>ll provided. | | |
Sly. | Wee will expect the lesse | | |
Poore | ———— Ile give you breifly | | |
| The texture of a speechfull composition. | | |
| When the infernall h<e>lbread shades of night | | |
| The hate of Phoebus, and the scorne of light | | |
| A're forc'd to theire darke cells, choyce spirits arise | | |
| From theire dull easyes frightlesse lethargyes. | | |
| My spirits are not fresh, the subiect's mourning | | 1310 |
| Aurora wane, first the etymology | | |
| The golden hower, when Phoebus first displayes | | |
| Vnto the ioyed world his more ioyfull rayes | | |
| Now amplyfy it fro the propertyes | | |
| Extract's the vapours, from the thickned aire | | |
| Expels' the sadnes, gives it subtile, rare. | | |
| The effects doe followe wch our bodyes have | | |
| And wch our minds, externe and interne these | [FOL.41b] | |
| Our blood our nerves receive like purity | | |
| That from the aire, wee from the purged sky | | 1320 |
| Should we dampd [aires] nights polluted aire still breath | | |
| As wee receivd life wee should drawe in death. | | |
| But being cleansed by that sacred fyre | | |
| That aire feeds life blest life, our best desire | | |
| Now for the operation in our minds. | | |
| What ofspring of high witt, birth of rare art | | |
| Wch from this tyme doth not acquire cheife part. | | |
| I should proceede to prove this by connexion | | |
| The mourning salutations were calld holy | | |
| Amongst the Romans, then wee may surmise | | 1330 |
| Those studyes holy that wth Sol doe rise. | | |
| For then there is a greater sympathy | | |
| Betwixt the stars and vs, they stand more nye | | |
| To eloquence, and helpe more or theorie. | | |
| Now should be some proportioned inductions | | |
| To prove that tyme most apt to meditation. | | |
| Then follow individuall examples | | |
| Of such as have vsed it these must be sett downe | | |
| In grave words, full and sounding; well connected | | |
| Agreeing in theire sence, and these not vulgar. | | 1340 |
| Hyperb<o>lyes sometymes, then Metaphors | | |
| These now wthout coniunction, though not often. | | |
| Yet bearingstill relation on, to other. | | |
| Now vse an iteration, speake w<o>rds twice. | | |
| But lett them still bee increasing, and ascend | | |
| Not falle to flatly, soe heare are instructions | | |
| Such as the tyme, and my weake braine cann give | [FOL.42a] | |
Quicke | how to composea speech | | |
Poore | Not any <> one | | |
| As I remember doth sett these downe fully. | | 1350 |
| Some heare some theare, I have collected, not | | |
| sucking my hony from one only flower. | | |
| But From [the] best fountaines Aristotles rheth'ricke | | |
| Tully in 'his oratory, from Quintilian. | | |
Badg | —————— doe you meane | | |
Poore | [E] ———— No badger no . | | |
| Ex M Fabij Quintiliani institutionibus. | | |
Badg | —————— by fifty pound. | | |
Poore: | Yes Sr some fewe affaires calld mee abroad | | |
| And force'd mee bee lesse diligent, then I would | | 1360 |
| But now theire ended, I shall give attendance | | |
| More amply to you. | | |
Quicke | — ————— tis best. | | |
Poore | that's the best way to thrift [indeed] where is your neice | | |
Sly | —— a dodkinn wth my will. | | |
Poore | You were to much obdurat then, to hard | | |
| You may spoile all hir possibilityes | | |
| Such great extreames force naught but desperatiõ | | |
Quicke | ————— for your great labours | | |
Poore | Sr if my best indeavours could deserve them | | 1370 |
| I should account them, very strong reward. | | |
| Sr my desire of gaine is not soe stupid | | |
| As is your common pedants, yet no ambition | | |
| Hath grow'ns oe much [vp] on mee as I should covett | | |
| A meerely nominall opinion | | |
| Oh affectation is a cloudy vayle | | |
| Wch hidst the solidst, of our soules perfections. | [FOL.42b] | |
| Or at the least doth hinder hir free workings | | |
Quic: | [ ———— ] of your free soule —— | | |
Poore | Sr I proffesse, an essence | | 1380 |
| Wch should as perfectly bee knowne as bee. | | |
| But since the wretched, vild esteeme of men. | | |
| Doth give the best of men but meere selfe lovers | | |
| If they esteeme themselves, I gratulate | | |
| Your good coniecture, that you thinke mee free | | |
| Whilst I doe knowe myselfe soe, fare you well Sr | | |
Stran | — anon Ile make a second visitation | | |
| You may expect mee ready to yor vowes | | |
Badg | since today. | | |
Poore | Yes Badger if thoult give me ample thanks | | 1390 |
| That I've remembred thee soe well. | | |
Badg | ————— oh Lord Sr! | | |
Poore | Soe now they'are gonn what wouldst thou my brave pufpast. | | |
| What wouldst thou wullsacke, whose inside is no better. | | |
| Then 'a sheeps coate, ift bee of equall goodnesse | | |
Sly | my wandring prince of troy. ——— | | |
Poore: | ——— why thou shallt knowe | | |
| I will rehearse my ephemerydes | | |
| Myy dayly slights, since moondayes last meridies | | |
| But thou must bee my subiect and my scӕnicke | | 1400 |
| To act mygulls in gloriouswise. | | |
Sly | —————— content | | |
Poore | Weele first beginn wth strange | | |
Sly | —————Heare I come | | |
Poore | sound tr<u>mpetts heere our play begi<nne>s | | |
Sly | and vitiated your muse. | | |
Poore | ———— fy thou art out | | |
| I am his true begott, legitimate. | | |
Sly | —— <b>y making pallinodes | [FOL.43a] | |
Poore | And thou wouldst live soe to, well Ile instruct thee. | | 1410 |
Sly | I would. ———— | | |
Poore: | ——— but first you must putt of your fatnesse. | | |
| Pooets are leane and marc<e>lent | | |
Sly | ————— hir burden dead | | |
Poore. | Well thought of, oh I have the finest lasse | | |
| Have made the bravest conquest, purchase of hir. | | |
| I hope none heare<s> Ile tell thee shee excels | | |
| Man in's best property of looking vpwards | | |
| Hir falling eyes give heaven full viewe. | | |
Sly | — no more deserving qualityes | | 1420 |
Poore: | Such as your common women have shee's coy | | |
| Yet wanton, shee cann laugh, and weepe, and laugh, | | |
| And hould againe. shee hath an exquisite face | | |
| And yet not painted wch is very rare. | | |
Sly | — transccends shee Gill ? | | |
Poore | ————— yes fayth in feature | | |
| But Gill hir more in witt and haviour. | | |
| And heere shee comes; what may <wee> wish yu ioy | | |
| Of your good match? | | |
Gill | That did indeavour cousenage | | 1430 |
Poore | —— How, certainly? | | |
Sly | — a rocke quite shipwrackt | | |
Poor | It cannot bee, none knowes vs but ourselves | | |
| And wee or selves soe finally, as no humour | | |
| Could give mee knowne vnlesse yor womans tounge. | | |
| Yet Ive one refuge and, it is my last | | |
| The very sanctuary of our safety | | |
| As I supposse it yet, but prove that wanting | [FOL.43h] | |
| I cannot guesse the consequent save ill | | |
Sly | Lets know't | | 1440 |
Poore | [] — ney much of ill must force yt from mee. | | |
Gill | And suffer a small hafling | | |
Poore | ———— oh I cannot | | |
| But why what proiect, what event will followe? | | |
Gill | I have revealed your disguise. | | |
Poore | ————————————— how, how ? | | |
| Ime tangled in a cobweb that have scapd | | |
| Snaires and strong engines able to prevaile | | |
| Against a lion, if the fox were absent | | |
| But now the ridle is confirm'd, a secret, | | 1450 |
| Is much to little for one only man. | | |
| For two sufficient, but for three to much. | | |
| Well goe thy wayes, old Gill, Ive knowne thy equals | | |
| But bedlam kept them for they could not themselvs | | |
| Wthin due compasse is your Trugull heare | | |
Sly | [—] what new shape may I take ———— | | |
Poore | Why turne a horse leech. | | |
| Thou mayst sucke blood securely in yt habit | | |
| Somewhat Ile doe and labour for event | | |
| Wch shall alone give knowledge what I meant. | | 1460 |
| Exit | | |
| Actus 5ti scӕna 5ta | | |
Sly | ———— houle like sterved currs. | | |
Poore | For mee I am the obiect, may they burst. | | |
| Conceale mee lett mee not bee knowne. | | |
Sly | ———— knowe you not Quick's death? | | |
Poore | Oh yt nothing moves mee, I divulg'd him dead | | |
| For my owne private ends | | |
Sly | And h<e>e is dead | | |
Poore. | Poets are prophets then I see! how dead? | | |
| Amasement ceaseth mee, dead ? it cannot bee. | | 1470 |
| Why then a necke verse followes, oh my fate | [FOL.44a] | |
| Woemenes best witt I see is extreame folly | | |
| How free[] had I beene from this certaine ruine | | |
| How practis'd in more ills, had not this hapned | | |
| And flourishing in them? ist not possible | | |
| That I may live vnknowne to Medle? tis | | |
| And I will venter it, shake of these burrs | | |
| | | |
| Wth easy recompence of a little nap. | | |
| You shalbee a phisition, I am sicke | | |
| You make me daungerously sicke, but heare you | | 1480 |
| Ile not bee purged, you shall give me out [p<ur>g'd] sicke | | |
| But not give inward sicknes. Ile no figgs. | | |
Sly. | As you shall please. | | |
Poore | I doe not like [, I doe no] the humour | | |
| | | |
| Of your great guilty person[ages]s, who to scape | | |
| A lawfull death; that is death giv'n by'th lawe | | |
| Will rather choose to dy, vnnaturally | | |
| By theire owne guilty hands. | | |
Sly | ——— wth mature iudgement. | | |
Poore | Intreat Strange hither | | 1490 |
Sly | ——— to prevent my labour ? | | |
Poore | ——————— fittly. | | |
Strange | — termes wth one consent | | |
Poore | Sr lett mee crave your pardon, I esteeme you | | |
| A second parent to mee, removed by nature | | |
| But one degree from it, you are my vncle | | |
| I therfore will lay ope my worst acts to you, | | |
| That you may veiwe them fully, as they are | | |
| In theire owne essence: I have wrongd them all | | |
| And giv'ne iust cause for this complaint, nay more | | 1500 |
| Wch most afflicteth mee, I have wrongd you | | |
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Strange | by ch you did conceive mee soe. | [FOL.45b] | |
Poore | — I shalbee knowne | | |
| sufficiently heare after. | | |
Sly | And putt it in to practise: —— | | |
Poore | ———— — I doe promise | | |
| A like restraint from the vnciv<i>ll liberty | | |
| Tyme and our ryoutous age doth prompt vs to | | |
Str: | ——— choakd wth recompence | | |
Poore | Wee are deficient in ability. | | 1510 |
Sly | ————— stop'd till cramm'd | | |
Poore | Since the whole summ of my continued actions | | |
| Have been me<'>re tricks. Ile end them wth a tricke | | |
| Ime sicke to death. | | |
Strang | [———] the reast Ile vndertake ——————— | | |
Poore | ———— —Let them fly in | | |
| Give mee a gowne and night capp | | |
Sly | ———heare they are. | | |
Poore | Wheres your phisitions habits, have yu termes. | | |
| Fustian will serve sufficiently curiosity | | 1520 |
| Will stand you in no steed, heere are no Criticks | | |
Stran: | —————Ile admitt them | | |
Poore | Sr I am ready for them, for some meale now | | |
| To make a wh[ighte]ite man of mee & a sickly. | | |
| Oh, oh, oh. | | |
Sly | ——— whats the disease ? | | |
Poore: | ——— The epylepsye | | |
Sly | The falling sicknes? | | |
Poore | ——— I ——— | | |
Sly | And much good doe it you. | | 1530 |
Poore | — I hope it will | | |
Sly | How didst thou knowe him for thy vncle? | | |
Poore | —————— Strangly | | |
| Some other tyme ile tell you; they are entring. | | |
Tru: | Made mee a gull. [FOL. 46a] | | |
Poore | Oh, oh, oh, I confesse | | |
| That, [yo]u I have beene the cause, youve suffred wrong | | |
Dry | —— agree to it. (— shee gives him gold. | | |
Poore: | Ime heartily sory for it, I thanke my god. | | |
| He []hatth brought you hither, that I may crave |hee | | 1540 |
| (falls downe | | |
| Your pardons, I would my estate were able (in his fitt | | |
Sly | — present at, how cheare you? | | |
Poore | Why well I thancke my maker, fitt for heaven | | |
| If these could be intreated to forgivenes. | | |
| The remnants of what I have gott from you | | |
| I will restore wth thanks to satisfy you | | |
Stran | ——— that Ile not vndertake | | |
Poore | I thank []you your careful lin my behalfe | | |
Stran | In presence of these gentlemen. | | 1550 |
Poore | ——— there is one absent | | |
| One Mr Medle, him I would faine speake wth | | |
| Str<an>g — whom you desirde to speake wth | | |
Poore | ——— I must intreat | | |
| Your pardon for Ive wrongd you. | | |
Med | Hard Tru: —— wee doe to wch beare witnesse | | |
Poore | Then thus I shake my sickenes of | | |
[Trugull | I for my loving spouse]. | | |
[Poore | happily may you live.] | | |
Med: | why did you crave my pardon? | | 1560 |
Poore | [But <wha>] — 'Sr I craved | | |
| But what I gave you, doe you knowe mee now? | | |
| I am to all of you what you will but good. | | |
Med | Is then my pardon counterfett? | | |
Poore | ——— twas the best | | |
| That I could give you; Ive no more from you | | |
| Only the difference is I payd not for it | [FOL.46b] | |
| An equall price. | | |
Med. | weele both have equall parts; ————— | | |
Poore | ——— tis fairely offred | | 1570 |
Sly | All thrive but my selfe. | | |
Poore | My gaine is thine; for what remaines in bank | | |
| Of our last getting shall restore thy state. | | |
| And give thee means of trading, one ill fate | | |
| Wee equally indured, fortunes sad frowne | | |
| Wee shared betwixt vs, but it is my croune | | |
| That as in worst of ill thou hadst a pt | | |
| Soe of our [better] best state thou a sharer art | | |
| This is the maine true freindship cann com[m<aun>]maund | | |
| Yt hopes and fears of freinds goe hand in hand | | 1580 |