The Scornful Lady by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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_Mar_. Sure Sir, she would not eat you: but banish that imagination; she's
only wedded to her self, lyes with her self, and loves her self; and for another Husband than herself, he may knock at the gate, but ne're come in: be wise Sir, she's a Woman, and a trouble, and has her many faults, the least of which is, she cannot love you. _Abig_. God pardon her, she'l do worse, would I were worthy his least grief, Mistris _Martha_. _Wel_. Now I must over-hear her. _Mar_. Faith would thou hadst them all with all my heart; I do not think they would make thee a day older. _Abig_. Sir, will you put in deeper, 'tis the sweeter. _Mar_. Well said old sayings. _Wel_. She looks like one indeed. Gentlewoman you keep your word, your sweet self has made the bottom sweeter. _Abig_. Sir, I begin a frolick, dare you change Sir? _Wel_. My self for you, so please you. That smile has turn'd my stomach: this is right the old Embleme of the Moyle cropping of Thistles: Lord what a hunting head she carries, sure she has been ridden with a Martingale. Now love deliver me. _Rog_. Do I dream, or do I wake? surely I know not: am I rub'd off? Is this the way of all my morning Prayers? Oh _Roger_, thou art but grass, |
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