A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Various
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[_Ex. all but Didier_. _Did_. I doe not like Thys entertaynment at the second hande: It looks like barbers physicke, muddylie. Is thys a welcome worthye of the love I have exprest? Had I tooke up hys hauke Or matcht a coatch-horse for hym suche a servyce Had deserved more respect then he gives me. I like a wise man have lefte certayne meanes, For hop't preferments: 'twas dyscreetlye doone And ledd by vertue too. Thys vertue is The scurvyest, harlottryest, undoeinge thynge That ever mixte with rysinge courtyers thoughts. But t'has a cursse. It is impossyble Ere to gett into _Ganelon_ agayne, Havinge not onlye not performd hys will But tould hys purpose. And howe slyghte so ere The earle of _Angeres_ houlds thys accusatyon, T'will be examynd: therefore I must throughe-- But howe? thoughe it be true I cannot prove it By other testymonie then myne owne; And that hys owne denyall will bereave me Of the beleife due to it. Yet will I stand too't styll: To deter vyce heaven gives a power to will. _Enter Ganelon_. _Gan_. Y'are well mett. |
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