The Scornful Lady by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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more to the making of a Steward, but a fair _Imprimis_, and then a
reasonable _Item_ infus'd into him, and the thing is done. _Sa._ Nay then you stir my duty, and I must tell you? _Young Lo._ What wouldst thou tell me, how Hopps grow, or hold some rotten discourse of Sheep, or when our Lady-day falls? Prethee farewel, and entertain my friends, be drunk and burn thy Table-books: and my dear spark of velvet, thou and I. _Sa._ Good Sir remember? _Young Lo._ I do remember thee a foolish fellow, one that did put his trust in Almanacks, and Horse-fairs, and rose by Hony and Pot-butter. Shall they come in yet? _Sa_. Nay then I must unfold your Brothers pleasure, these be the lessons Sir, he left behind him. _Young Lo_. Prethee expound the first. _Sa_. I leave to maintain my house three hundred pounds a year; and my Brother to dispose of it. _Young Lo_. Mark that my wicked Steward, and I dispose of it? _Sav_. Whilest he bears himself like a Gentleman, and my credit falls not in him. Mark that my good young Sir, mark that. _Young Lo_. Nay, if it be no more I shall fulfil it, whilst my Legs will |
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