A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Various
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Falantado, Falantado,
My mates are gone, I'll follow_.[26] SUM. Nay, stay awhile, we must confer and talk. Ver, call to mind I am thy sovereign lord, And what thou hast, of me thou hast and hold'st. Unto no other end I sent for thee, But to demand a reckoning at thy hands, How well or ill thou hast employ'd my wealth. VER. If that be all, we will not disagree: A clean trencher and a napkin you shall have presently. WILL SUM. The truth is, this fellow hath been a tapster in his days. VER _goes in, and fetcheth out the hobby-horse[27] and the morris-dance, who dance about_. SUM. How now? is this the reckoning we shall have? WIN. My lord, he doth abuse you; brook it not. AUT. _Summa totalis_, I fear, will prove him but a fool. VER. About, about! lively, put your horse to it, rein him harder; jerk him with your wand: sit fast, sit fast, man! fool, hold up your ladle there. WILL SUM. O brave Hall![28] O, well-said, butcher. Now for the credit of Worcestershire. The finest set of morris-dancers that is between |
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