A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Various
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But thys dothe least concerne me. Sir, I knowe
The emperoure expects you. _Enter La Fue_. _Ric_. I will attend hym.--O y'are happylie mett. My urgent busynes maks my languadge shorte: Comend me to thy master, give hym thys, [_Gives letters and money_. Thys to the fayrest _Gabrielle_; thys Your selfe may drynke at your best leasure. [_Ex. Richard_. _Fue_. Why, so thys goulde has made my choller as colde as snowe watter. I had thought to have whysteld hym a braule[95] for makinge me daunce attendance. Waytinge on courtyers is like knocking at greate mens gatts in dynner tyme: well may a man make a noyse but hunger & hard fare keepes the porter deafe styll. Tys scurvie passinge scurvye in good sadnes. _Tur_. Now, Mounseir _La Fue_, you are of the retyred familye. _Fue_. Tyerd famylie? No, we are not tyerd, yet we may be wearye, and yet he that spurrs me for a tyerd jade I may chaunce kycke hym in the dark. _Tur_. Come, your anger mistaks: I said retyred. _Fue_. I hate words I understand not: be that eyther tyers or retyers me may chaunce cursse his journey. _Tur_. Styll so angrye? di[d]st never take physsycke? |
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