English drama -- 17th century
MAUD. Have you played over all your old lessons o' the virginals?[3] MOLL. Yes. MAUD. Yes? you are[4] a dull maid a' late; methinks you had need have somewhat to quicken your green sickness—do you weep?—a husband: had not such a piece of flesh been ordained, what had us wives...
MAUD. Have you played over all your old lessons o' the virginals?[3] MOLL. Yes. MAUD. Yes? you are[4] a dull maid a' late; methinks you had need have somewhat to quicken your gr...
2. SCENE II.ALLWIT. What, Davy Dahanna? welcome from North Wales, i’faith! And is sir Walter come? DAVY. New come to town, sir. ALLWIT. In to the maids, sweet Davy, and give order His chamb...
3. ACT II. SCENE I.MIS. TOUCH. ’Twill be so tedious, sir, to live from you, But that necessity must be obey’d. TOUCH. SEN. I would it might not, wife! the tediousness Will be the most part mine, t...
4. SCENE II.ALLWIT. I'll go bid gossips presently myself, That’s all the work I'll do; nor need I stir, But that it is my pleasure to walk forth, And air myself a little: I am tied To nothi...
5. SCENE III.ALLWIT. ’Tis a busy day at our house, Davy. DAVY. Always the kursning-day,[58] sir. ALLWIT. Truss, truss me, Davy. DAVY. No matter and[59] you were hang’d, sir. [_Aside._ ALLWIT...
6. SCENE IV.FIRST GOS. Good mistress Yellowhammer—— MAUD. In faith, I will not. FIRST GOS. Indeed it[63] shall be yours. MAUD. I have sworn, i’faith. FIRST GOS. I'll stand still then. MAUD....
7. ACT III. SCENE I.TOUCH. JUN. O sir, if e’er you felt the force of love, Pity it in me! PAR. Yes, though I ne’er was married, sir, I've felt the force of love from good men’s daughters, And some...
8. SCENE II.FIRST GOS. How is it, woman? we have brought you home A kursen[68] soul. MIS. ALL. Ay, I thank your pains. FIRST PUR. And, verily, well kursen’d, i' the right way, Without idola...
9. SCENE III.TOUCH. JUN. You’re in the happiest way t' enrich yourself, And pleasure me, brother, as man’s feet can tread in; For though she be lock’d up, her vow is fix’d Only to me; then t...
10. ACT IV. SCENE I.TIM. _Negatur argumentum_, tutor. TUTOR. _Probo tibi_, pupil, _stultus non est animal rationale_. TIM. _Falleris sane._ TUTOR. _Quæso ut taceas_,—_probo tibi_—— TIM. _Quomodo pr...
11. SCENE II.TIM. Thieves, thieves! my sister’s stoln! some thief hath got her: O how miraculously did my father’s plate ’scape! ’Twas all left out, tutor. TUTOR. Is’t possible? TIM. Besides...
12. SCENE III.TOUCH. SEN. I had been taken, brother, by eight sergeants, But for the honest watermen; I'm bound to them; They are the most requitefull’st people living, For as they get their...
13. ACT V. SCENE I.MIS. ALL. A misery of a house! ALLWIT. What shall become of us! DAVY. I think his wound be mortal. ALLWIT. Think’st thou so, Davy? Then am I mortal too, but a dead man, Davy; Th...
14. SCENE II.MAUD. O husband, husband, she will die, she will die! There is no sign but death. YEL. ’Twill be our shame then. MAUD. O, how she’s chang’d in compass of an hour! YEL. Ah, my po...
15. SCENE III.SIR OL. Ho, my wife’s quicken’d; I'm a man for ever! I think I have bestirr’d my stumps, i’faith. Run, get your fellows all together instantly, Then to the parish church and rin...
16. SCENE IV._Recorders[153] dolefully playing, enter at one door the coffin of_ TOUCHWOOD _junior, solemnly decked, his sword upon it, attended by many gentlemen in black, among whom are_ S...
17. ACT I. SCENE I.LOUIS. Roderigo! DIEGO. Art mad? ROD. Yes, not so much with wine: it’s as rare to see a Spaniard a drunkard as a German sober, an Italian no whoremonger, an Englishman to pay hi...
18. SCENE II.LOUIS. O Diego, I am lost, I am mad! DIEGO. So we are all. LOUIS. ’Tis not with wine; I'm drunk with too much horror, Inflam’d with rage, to see us two made bawds To Roderigo’s...
19. SCENE III.CLA. Though the black veil of night hath overclouded The world in darkness, yet ere many hours The sun will rise again, and then this act Of my dishonour will appear before you...
20. SCENE IV.LOUIS. Not yet come in, not yet? SER. No, I'll assure your lordship; I've seldom known him Keep out so long; my lord usually observes More seasonable hours. LOUIS. What time of...
21. SCENE V.LOUIS. That if [I], only I should be the man Made accessary and a party both To mine own torment, at a time so near The birth of all those comforts I have travail’d with So many...
22. ACT II. SCENE I.ALV. Come, my brave boys! the tailor’s shears has cut us into shapes fitting our trades. CAR. A trade free as a mason’s. ANT. A trade brave as a courtier’s; for some of them do...
23. SCENE II.CLA. I have offended; yet, O heaven, thou know’st How much I have abhorr’d, even from my birth, A thought that tended to immodest folly! Yet I have fallen; thoughts with disgrac...
24. ACT III. SCENE I.ROD. A thousand stings are in me: O, what vild[258] prisons Make we our bodies to our immortal souls! Brave tenants to bad houses; ’tis a dear rent They pay for naughty lodging:...
25. SCENE II.FER. Louis de Castro, since you circled are In such a golden ring of worthy friends, Pray, let me question you about that business You and I last conferr’d on. LOUIS. My lord, I...
26. SCENE III.MAR. Clara, hope of mine age! PED. Soul of my comfort! Kill us not both at once: why dost thou speed Thine eye in such a progress ’bout these walls? CLA. Yon large window Yields...
27. ACT IV. SCENE I.ALVAREZ, GUIAMARA, CONSTANZA, CHRISTIANA, SANCHO, SOTO, ANTONIO, CARLO, RODERIGO, _and others discovered, disguised as before. A shout within. Enter_ JOHN. ALV. } Welcome, welco...
28. SCENE II.FER. See, Don Louis; an arm,[337] The strongest arm in Spain, to the full length Is stretch’d to pluck old count Alvarez home From his sad banishment. LOUIS. With longing eyes,...
29. SCENE III.FER. Come, ladies, take your places. [_Flourish within._] This their music? ’Tis very handsome: O, I wish this room Were freighted but with [pleasures[342]], noble friends, As a...
30. ACT V. SCENE I.FER. Thou hast now the wife of thy desires. ROD. Sir, I have, And in her every blessing that makes life Loath to be parted with. FER. Noble she is, And fair; has to enrich her b...
31. SCENE II.ALV. Good, good: you would fain kill him, and revenge Your father’s death? LOUIS. I would. ALV. Bravely, or scurvily?[377] LOUIS. Not basely, for the world! ALV. We are secure....
32. SCENE III.FER. Don John, son to the count of Carcomo? Woman, take heed thou trifle not. GUI. Is this, My lord, so strange? FER. Beauty in youth, and wit To set it forth, I see, transform[...
33. ACT I. SCENE I.ALS. ’Twas in the temple where I first beheld her, And now again the same: what omen yet Follows of that? none but imaginary; Why should my hopes or fate be timorous? The place...
34. SCENE II.ALIB. Lollio, I must trust thee with a secret, But thou must keep it. LOL. I was ever close to a secret, sir. ALIB. The diligence that I have found in thee, The care and industr...
35. ACT II. SCENE I.BEAT. O sir, I'm ready now for that fair service Which makes the name of friend sit glorious on you! Good angels and this conduct be your guide! [_Giving a paper._ Fitness of ti...
36. SCENE II.DIA. The place is my charge; you have kept your hour, And the reward of a just meeting bless you! I hear my lady coming: complete gentleman, I dare not be too busy with my prais...
37. ACT III. SCENE I.DE F. Yes, here are all the keys; I was afraid, my lord, I'd wanted for the postern, this is it: I've all, I've all, my lord: this for the sconce. ALON. ’Tis a most spacious and...
38. SCENE II.DE F. All this is nothing; you shall see anon A place you little dream on. ALON. I am glad I have this leisure; all your master’s house Imagine I ha' taken a gondola. DE F. All...
39. SCENE III.ISA. Why, sirrah, whence have you commission To fetter the doors against me? if you Keep me in a cage, pray, whistle to me, Let me be doing something. LOL. You shall be doing, i...
40. SCENE IV.VER. Valencia speaks so nobly of you, sir, I wish I had a daughter now for you. ALS. The fellow of this creature were a partner For a king’s love. VER. I had her fellow once, si...
41. ACT IV._Enter Gentlemen_, VERMANDERO _meeting them with action of wonderment at the disappearance of_ PIRACQUO. _Enter_ ALSEMERO, _with_ JASPERINO _and gallants_: VERMANDERO _points to...
42. SCENE I.BEAT. This fellow has undone me endlessly; Never was bride so fearfully distress’d: The more I think upon th' ensuing night, And whom I am to cope with in embraces, One who’s[46...
43. SCENE II.VER. I tell thee, knave, mine honour is in question, A thing till now free from suspicion, Nor ever was there cause. Who of my gentlemen Are absent? Tell me, and truly, how many...
44. SCENE III.ISA. O heaven! is this the waning[479] moon? Does love turn fool, run mad, and all at once? Sirrah, here’s a madman, a-kin to the fool too, A lunatic lover. LOL. No, no, not he...
45. ACT V. SCENE I.BEAT. One struck, and yet she lies by’t! O, my fears! This strumpet serves her own ends, ’tis apparent now, Devours the pleasure with a greedy appetite, And never minds my honou...
46. SCENE II.TOM. I cannot taste the benefits of life With the same relish I was wont to do: Man I grow weary of, and hold his fellowship A treacherous bloody friendship; and because I'm ign...
47. SCENE III.JAS. Your confidence, I'm sure, is now of proof; The prospect from the garden has shew’d[498] Enough for deep suspicion. ALS. The black mask That so continually was worn upon’t...
48. d. To two of them, abounding in the grossest errors, is prefixed theengraved title-page, of which a fac-simile is given in the present work. The other edition, which is comparatively very correct, and which I have therefore made the basis of my...
49. ACT I. SCENE I.B. Q. PAWN. I ne’er see that face but my pity rises; When I behold so clear a masterpiece Of heaven’s art wrought out of dust and ashes, And at next thought to give her lost ete...
50. ACT II. SCENE I.W. Q. PAWN. And here again: [_reads_] _It is the daughter’s duty T' obey her confessor’s command in all things, Without exception or expostulation_: ’Tis the most general rule t...
51. ACT III. SCENE I.F. BISHOP. I know my pen draws blood of the Black House, There’s ne’er a book I write but their cause bleeds; It hath lost many an ounce of reputation Since I came of this side;...
52. SCENE II.B. Q. PAWN. This is the room he did appear to me in; And, look you, this the magical glass that shew’d him. W. Q. PAWN. I find no motion yet: what should I think on’t? A sudden...
53. ACT IV. SCENE I.B. KT.'S PAWN. It’s he, my confessor; he might have pass’d me Seven year together, had I not by chance Advanc’d mine eye upon that letter’d hat-band, The Jesuitical symbol to be...
54. SCENE II.B. KNIGHT. Pawn, I have spoke to the Fat Bishop for thee; I'll get thee absolution from his own mouth. Reach me my chair of ease, my chair of cozenage; Seven thousand pounds in...
55. SCENE III._Recorders. Enter Black Queen’s Pawn with a taper in her hand; she conducts White Queen’s Pawn, in her night-attire,[768] into one chamber, and then conveys Black Bishop’s Pawn,...
56. SCENE IV.W. KNIGHT. True, noble Duke, fair virtue’s[769] most endear’d one; Let us prevent[770] their rank insinuation With truth of cause and courage, meet their plots With confident go...
57. ACT V. SCENE I.B. KNIGHT. Hold, hold! Is the Black Bishop’s Pawn, the Jesuit, Planted above for his concise oration?[788] B. B. PAWN. _Ecce triumphantis_[789] _me fixum Cæsaris arce!_ B. KNIGH...
58. SCENE II.W. Q. PAWN. I see ’twas but a trial of my duty now; Hath a more[799] modest mind, and in that virtue Most worthily hath fate provided for me.
59. SCENE III.W. KNIGHT. You have enrich’d my knowledge, royal[814] sir, And my content together. B. KING. ’Stead of riot We set you only welcome: surfeit is A thing that’s seldom heard of in...
60. ACT I. SCENE I.L. BEAU. Away, I am asham’d of your proceedings! And, seriously, you have in this one act O'erthrown the reputation the world Held of your wisdom. SIR F. CRES. Why, sir? L. BEAU...
61. ACT II. SCENE I._Enter_ KNAVESBY _and_ MISTRESS KNAVESBY. KNA. Have you drunk[882] the eggs and muscadine I sent you? MIS. KNA. No, they are too fulsome. KNA. Away! you’re a fool!—How shall I b...
62. SCENE II.GEO. What is’t you lack,[895] you lack, you lack? Stuffs for the belly or the back? Silk-grograns, satins, velvet fine, The rosy-colour’d carnadine,[896] Your nutmeg hue, or gin...
63. SCENE III.SWEET. Were it of greater moment than you speak of, noble sir, I hope you think me sufficient, and it shall be effectually performed. FRANK. JUN. I could wish your wife did not...
64. SCENE IV.SWEET. So, friend; I'll now despatch you presently.— Boy, reach me my dismembering instrument, and let my cauterizer[915] be ready; and, hark you, snip-snap—— BOY. Ay, sir. SWEE...
65. ACT III. SCENE I.MIS. G. CRES. You’re welcome, mistress, as I may speak it, But my lord will give’t a sweeter emphasis; I'll give him knowledge of you. [_Going._ MIS. KNA. Good sir, stay, Methin...
66. SCENE II.SWEET. Now, Flesh-hook, use thy talon, set upon his right shoulder; thy sergeant, Counterbuff, at the left; grasp in his jugulars; and then let me alone to tickle his _diaphragm...
67. ACT IV. SCENE I.SUR. Where’s master steward? SIR F. CRES. Within: what are you, sir? SUR. A surveyor, sir. SIR F. CRES. And an almanac-maker, I take it: can you tell me what foul weather is tow...
68. SCENE II.[950KNA. Not yet, Sib? my lord keeps thee so long, thou’rt welcome, I see then, and pays sweetly too: a good wench, Sib, thou’rt, to obey thy husband. She’s come: a hundred mark[951...
69. SCENE III.GEO. Madam, but stay here a little, my master comes instantly; I heard him say he did owe you a good turn, and now’s the time to take it; I'll warrant you a sound reward ere you...
70. ACT V. SCENE I.G. CRES. Sir, your son’s death, which has apparell’d you In this darker wearing, is a loss wherein I've ample share; he was my friend. FRANK. SEN. He was my nearest And dearest[...
71. SCENE III.L. BEAU. Sirrah, begone! you’re base. KNA. Base, my good lord? ’Tis a ground part in music, trebles, means,[983] All is but fiddling:[984] your honour bore a part, As my wife sa...
72. ACT I. SCENE I.MOTH. Thy sight was never yet more precious to me; Welcome, with all th' affection of a mother, That comfort can express from natural love! Since thy birth-joy—a mother’s chiefe...
73. SCENE II.GUAR. What, has your daughter seen him yet? know you that? FAB. No matter, she shall love him. GUAR. Nay, let’s have fair play; He has been now my ward some fifteen year, And ’t...
74. SCENE III.LEAN. Methinks I'm even as dull now at departure, As men observe great gallants the next day After a revel;[1020] you shall see ’em look Much of my fashion, if you mark ’em well...
75. ACT II. SCENE I.LIV. A strange affection, brother! when I think on’t, I wonder how thou cam’st by’t. HIP. Even as easily As man comes by destruction, which ofttimes He wears in his own bosom. L...
76. SCENE II.LIV. How, sir? a gentlewoman so young, so fair, As you set forth, spied from the widow’s window? GUAR. She. LIV. Our Sunday-dinner woman? GUAR. And Thursday-supper woman, the sa...
77. ACT III. SCENE I.MOTH. I would my son would either keep at home, Or I were in my grave! She was but one day abroad, but ever since She’s grown so cutted,[1044] there’s no speaking to her: Whethe...
78. SCENE II.GUAR. Take you especial note of such a gentlewoman, She’s here on purpose; I've invited her, Her father, and her uncle, to this banquet; Mark her behaviour well, it does concern...
79. SCENE III.GUAR. Now, nephew, here’s the gentlewoman again. WARD. Mass, here she’s come again! mark her now, Sordido. GUAR. This is the maid my love and care have[1077] chose Out for your...
80. ACT IV. SCENE I.BIAN. How go[1088] your watches, ladies? what’s a’clock now? FIRST L. By mine, full nine. SEC. L. By mine, a quarter past. FIRST L. I set mine by St. Mark’s. SEC. L. St. Anthony...
81. SCENE II.HIP. The morning so far wasted, yet his baseness So impudent! see if the very sun Do not blush at him! Dare he do thus much, and know me alive? Put case one must be vicious, as...
82. SCENE III.CAR. Cease, cease! religious honours done to sin Disparage virtue’s reverence, and will pull Heaven’s thunder upon Florence: holy ceremonies Were made for sacred uses, not for s...
83. ACT V. SCENE I.GUAR. Speak, hast thou any sense of thy abuse? Dost thou know what wrong’s done thee? WARD. I were an ass else; I cannot wash my face but I am feeling on’t. GUAR. Here, take thi...
84. act v._reading_] By this direction we are to understand, perhaps, that John is looking on a paper which he afterwards gives to Constanza (“this paper tells you more,” p. 128); for, su...
85. act iv. sc. ii.:_iulan down_] i. e. the first tender down (Gr. ἴουλος)—a somewhat pedantic expression. Old ed. has “Julan;” and the editor of 1816, thinking that the word was a dissyllable, and...
86. Act iii. sc. 2—_Works_, vol. i. p. 214, ed. Weber._Roch, Main, and Petronill, itch and ague curers_] Compare Taylor the water-poet: “he must be content with his office, as ... Saint Roch with scabbes and scurfes ... Saint Petro...