# The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 4 (of 5)

Author: Middleton, Thomas, -1627; Dekker, Thomas, 1572?-1632; Rowley, William, 1585?-1642?; Dyce, Alexander, 1798-1869 [Editor]

Genre: English drama -- 17th century

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75606

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+works+of+Thomas+Middleton%2C+Volume+4+%28of+5%29+Middleton&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

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 been good for? to make salads, or else cried up and down for samphire. To see the difference of these seasons! when I was of your youth, I was lightsome and quick two years before I was married. You fit for a knight’s bed! drowsy-browed, dull-eyed, drossy-spirited! I hold my life you have forgot your dancing: when was the dancer with you? MOLL. The last week. MAUD. Last week? when I was of your board[5] He miss’d me...

## Chapters

- [act iv. sc. ii.:](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/85/index.md)
- [ACT V. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/83/index.md)
- [ACT II. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/50/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/76/index.md)
- [act v.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/84/index.md)
- [ACT III. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/51/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/71/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/78/index.md)
- [ACT I. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/60/index.md)
- [ACT I. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/49/index.md)
- [ACT III. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/77/index.md)
- [ACT IV. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/80/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/25/index.md)
- [ACT V. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/70/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/59/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/39/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/62/index.md)
- [ACT IV. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/10/index.md)
- [ACT II. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/22/index.md)
- [ACT II. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/75/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/73/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/81/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/8/index.md)
- [ACT I. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/33/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/29/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/47/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/66/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/34/index.md)
- [ACT V. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/30/index.md)
- [ACT I. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/1/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/44/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/4/index.md)
- [ACT II. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/3/index.md)
- [ACT IV. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/67/index.md)
- [ACT II. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/61/index.md)
- [ACT V. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/13/index.md)
- [SCENE IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/40/index.md)
- [ACT IV. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/27/index.md)
- [ACT III. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/65/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/36/index.md)
- [ACT I. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/72/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/32/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/9/index.md)
- [SCENE IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/16/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/23/index.md)
- [ACT IV. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/53/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/43/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/79/index.md)
- [ACT II. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/35/index.md)
- [SCENE II.[950](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/68/index.md)
- [d. To two of them, abounding in the grossest errors, is prefixed the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/48/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/54/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/2/index.md)
- [ACT V. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/45/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/58/index.md)
- [SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/42/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/74/index.md)
- [SCENE V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/21/index.md)
- [ACT III. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/24/index.md)
- [SCENE IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/56/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/14/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/26/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/12/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/19/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/28/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/69/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/46/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/52/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/82/index.md)
- [SCENE IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/64/index.md)
- [ACT III. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/7/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/31/index.md)
- [ACT I. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/17/index.md)
- [ACT V. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/57/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Act iii. sc. 2—_Works_, vol. i. p. 214, ed. Weber.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/86/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/15/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/38/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/63/index.md)
- [SCENE IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/20/index.md)
- [SCENE IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/6/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/18/index.md)
- [ACT III. SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/37/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/11/index.md)
- [ACT IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/41/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-works-of-thomas-middleton-volume-4-of-5-75606/chapters/55/index.md)