A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Various
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I never slepte in quyett nor awakt
But with a hartye wishe to sleepe my last. Not a pore simple jest hathe made me smyle Tyll I had payd the tribute of my cares Over and over. Fortune has opposd My naturall blessings and my wishest ends; Those verye honors which my byrthright claymes Have cost me more vexatyon to preserve Than all the numerous tyttells of a kynge Purchasd with plauge and famyne; yet in all My days of sorrowe I was styll to learne A suffrynge of that impyous accounte Which nowe afflycts me. _Char_. O you are conynge. _Tur_. Yes, and may teach the worlde to counterfayte. _Enter Orlando, Reinaldo and Oliver_. But here comes the earle of _Angeres_. _Char_. Nephewe, y'are discontented and I woulde Give all rights to your honor, which did cause Me latelye thus to send for you. _Orl_. Tys true, You sent unto me, sir, and I obayd And came: but then, Sir, what became of me? You sente me presentlye away for _Spayne_. |
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