The Scornful Lady by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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carry me I'le bear my self Gentleman-like, but when I am drunk, let them
bear me that can. Forward dear Steward. _Sav_. Next it is my will, that he be furnished (as my Brother) with Attendance, Apparel, and the obedience of my people. _Young Lo_. Steward this is as plain as your old Minikin-breeches. Your wisdom will relent now, will it not? Be mollified or--you understand me Sir, proceed? _Sav_. Next, that my Steward keep his place, and power, and bound my Brother's wildness with his care. _Young Lo_. I'le hear no more of this _Apocrypha_, bind it by it self Steward. _Sav_. This is your Brothers will, and as I take it, he makes no mention of such company as you would draw unto you. Captains of Gallyfoists, such as in a clear day have seen _Callis_, fellows that have no more of God, than their Oaths come to: they wear swords to reach fire at a Play, and get there the oyl'd end of a Pipe, for their Guerdon: then the remnant of your Regiment, are wealthy Tobacco-Marchants, that set up with one Ounce, and break for three: together with a Forlorn hope of Poets, and all these look like Carthusians, things without linnen: Are these fit company for my Masters Brother? _Young Lo_. I will either convert thee (O thou Pagan Steward) or presently confound thee and thy reckonings, who's there? Call in the Gentlemen. _Sav_. Good Sir. |
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