Category: Plays/Films/Dramas

A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 10

[12] This is not a name of the _Lues Venerea_, but a comparison only of it to a _mole_, on account of the effects it sometimes produces in occasioning the loss of hair.--_Pegge._

Chapters

1. act iii.--_Collier.

[12] This is not a name of the _Lues Venerea_, but a comparison only of it to a _mole_, on account of the effects it sometimes produces in occasioning the loss of hair.--_Pegge._

3. act ii. sc. 1--

"To-morrow morning I'll send you a perfume, first to resolve And procure sweat, and then prepare a bath To cleanse and clear the cutis; against when I'll have an excellent new _...

2. act iii. sc. 2.

[288] This Popish ceremony is particularly described in an ancient book of the "Ceremonial of the Kings of England," purchased by the Duchess of Northumberland, at the sale of t...

25. SCENE II.

VAN. O de skellum Frisco, ic weit neit waer ic be, ic go and hit my nose op dit post, and ic go and hit my nose op dandern post. O de villain! Well, waer ben ic now? Haw laet se...

6. ACT II.[459], SCENE I.

LADY. Pray make haste; he waits too long. Entreat him hither. In despite of all [_Exit Servant._ The tyrant's cruelties, we have got the[460] friendship E'en of the guard that h...

5. SCENE II.

ANS. He's lost the kingdom, but his mind's restor'd; Which is the larger empire? prythee, tell me: Dominions have their limits; the whole earth Is but a prisoner, as[455] the se...

18. ACT II., SCENE I.

PIS. This (loving friends) hath thus emboldened me; For, knowing the affection and the love, Master Vandallo, that you bear my daughter. Likewise, and that with joy, considering...

28. SCENE III.

ANTH. The day is broke. Mathea and young Ned, By this time, are so surely link'd together, That none in London can forbid the banns. Laurentia, she is near provided for; So that...

24. ACT IV., SCENE I.

FRIS. Ay, so, so. Now you may travel in your hose and doublet. Now look I as like the Dutchman as if I were spit out of his mouth.[523] I'll straight home, and speak groot and b...

22. SCENE II.

LAU. Sit till dinner's done? not I, I swear: Shall I stay, till he belch into mine ears Those rustic phrases and those Dutch--French terms, Stammering half-sentences, dogbolt el...

14. SCENE II.

TYR. In vain my spirit wrastles with my blood: Affection will be mistress here on earth. The house is hers: the soul is but a tenant. I have task'd myself but with the abstinenc...

8. ACT III., SCENE I.

GOV. There's no man is so dull, but he will weigh The work he undertakes, and set about it E'en in the best sobriety of his judgment, With all his senses watchful; then his guil...

4. ACT I, SCENE I.

TYR. Thus high, my lords, your powers and constant loves Have fix'd our glories like unmoved stars, That know not what it is to fall or err. We're now the kingdom's love: and he...

15. ACT I, SCENE I.

How smug this grey-ey'd morning seems to be! A pleasant sight; but yet more pleasure have I To think upon this moist'ning southwest wind, That drives my laden ships from fertile...

13. ACT V., SCENE I.

VOT. You shall have her mind, e'en as it comes to me, Though I undo her by't; your friendship, sir, Is the sweet mistress that I only serve; I prize the roughness of a man's emb...

23. SCENE III.

FRIS. O monstrous! who would think my master had so much wit in his old rotten budget? and yet, i' faith he is not much troubled with it neither. Why, what wise man in a kingdom...

9. ACT IV., SCENE I.

WIFE. Is that enough to help it, sir? 'tis easy To draw a lady's honour in suspicion, But not so soon recover'd, and confirm'd To the first faith again, from whence you brought...

16. SCENE II.

HAR. Good reason so, it leads to Crutched Friars, Where old Pisaro and his daughters dwell. Look to your feet: the broad way leads to hell. They say hell stands below, down in t...

19. SCENE II.

PIS. A thousand welcomes, friends. Monsieur Delion, Ten thousand bien-venus unto yourself. Signor Alvaro, Master Vandal, Proud am I, that my roof contains such friends. Why Mall...

11. SCENE III.

TYR. Softly, softly! Let's give this place the peace that it requires; The vaults e'en chide our steps with murmuring sounds, For making bold so late: it must be done.

7. SCENE II.

TYR. My joys have all false parts, there's nothing true to me, That's either kind or pleasant. I'm hardly dealt withal; I must not miss her, I want her sight too long. Where's t...

27. SCENE II.

PIS. Are wood and coals brought up to make a fire? Is the meat spitted, ready to lie down? For bake-meats I'll have none, the world's too hard. There's geese, too, now I remembe...

12. SCENE IV.

GOV. Already mine eye melts; the monument No sooner stood before it, but a tear Ran swiftly from me to express her duty. Temple of honour! I salute thee early, The time that my...

10. SCENE II.

TYR. How dar'st thou be so near, when we have threaten'd Death to thy fellow? Have we lost our power, Or thou thy fear? Leave us in time of grace: 'Twill be too late anon.

26. ACT V., SCENE I.

MAR. Would it not mad one to be crossed as I, Being in the very height of my desire? The strangers frustrate all; our true loves come, Nay more, even at the door, and Harvey's a...

21. ACT III., SCENE I.

FRIS. Ah, sirrah, now I know what manner of thing Paul's is; I did so mar'l[507] afore what it was, out of all count; for my master would say, would I had Paul's full of gold; m...

20. Part II., Queen Elizabeth, when she christened the Royal Exchange,

"Proclaim through every high street of this city, This place be no longer called a Burse, But since the building's stately, fair, and strange, Be it for ever call'd the Royal Ex...

17. act ii. sc. 2, "How will this _fadge_!