A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Various
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_Will_. Is the Gallant that will needs be a sutor to our Countes.
_Bul_.[1] Faith, and if Fouleweather be a welcome suter to a faire Lady, has good lucke. _Ia_. O Sir, beware of one that can showre into the lapps of Ladies. Captaine Fowleweather? why hees a Captinado, or Captaine of Captaines, and will lie in their joyntes that give him cause to worke uppon them so heauylie, that he will make their hartes ake I warrant him. Captaine Fowleweather? why he will make the cold stones sweate for feare of him, a day or two before he come at them. Captaine Fowleweather? why he does so dominere, and raigne over women. _Will_. A plague of Captaine Fowleweather, I remember him now _Iack_, and know him to be a dull moist-braind Asse. _Ia_. A Southerne man I thinke. _Will_. As fearefull as a Haire, and will lye like a Lapwing,[2] and I know how he came to be a Captain, and to have his Surname of Commendations. _Ia_. How I preethee _Will_? _Will_. Why Sir he served the great Lady Kingcob and was yeoman of her wardroppe, & because a cood brush up her silkes lustely, she thought he would curry the enemies coates as soundly, and so by her commendations, he was made Captaine in the lowe Countries. _Ia_. Then being made Captaine onely by his Ladies commendations, |
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