A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Various
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Shott throughe and throughe with artefyciall thunder
And naturall terror of tempestuous stormes, Must (that had beene the wonder of the worlde And loved burthen of the wanton seas) Be nowe a subject fytt for all mens pytties And like to such, not cared for a jott, ... ... ... ... ... must lye by & rott: And so must I. _Rei_. His dottage maks hym thynke Hym selfe so happye in thys cursed matche That when the newse of your successe aryved (Thoughe cladd in laurell and fayrest victorie) He had no eare for't, all his powers beinge fylled With a suppossed joy conceyvd in her. _Oli_. He has not dealt like _Charlimayne_ t'expose You to the horror of a cyvill warre, And, whylst your loyaltye made glorious way To hys wisht ends of conquest, thus to crosse Your fayre successyon. _Orl_. Twas a speedinge plott To sende me into _Spayne_, whylst _Ganelon_ Tooke the ryght course; yet, if I had beene here, The envyous destenye that dothe attende On all my undertakings, would have made My best meanes uslesse to have hynderd it. For not the cooninge of slye _Ganelon, Charlimayne's_ dottage, nor her wytchinge eie |
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