The Scornful Lady by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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_Wel._ And much speed Sir, I hope: certainly I am arrived amongst a Nation of new found fools, on a Land where no Navigator has yet planted wit; if I had foreseen it, I would have laded my breeches with bells, knives, copper, and glasses, to trade with women for their virginities: yet I fear, I should have betrayed my self to a needless charge then: here's the walking night-cap again. _Enter_ Roger. _Roger._ Sir, my Ladies pleasure is to see you: who hath commanded me to acknowledge her sorrow, that you must take the pains to come up for so bad entertainment. _Wel._ I shall obey your Lady that sent it, and acknowledge you that brought it to be your Arts Master. _Rog._ I am but a Batchelor of Art, Sir; and I have the mending of all under this roof, from my Lady on her down-bed, to the maid in the Pease-straw. _Wel._ A Cobler, Sir? _Roger._ No Sir, I inculcate Divine Service within these Walls. _Wel._ But the Inhabitants of this house do often imploy you on errands without any scruple of Conscience. _Rog._ Yes, I do take the air many mornings on foot, three or four miles for eggs: but why move you that? |
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