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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00966	The night-vvalker, or The little theife A comedy, as it vvas presented by her Majesties Servants, at the Private House in Drury Lane. Written by Iohn Fletcher. Gent.; Night-walker	Fletcher, John, 1579-1625.	1640 (1640)	STC 11072; ESTC S102369	43,434	78

And we were reading in that which was the Brewhouse A great way off we were singing ballads too And could not heare Ju. This was a precious theefe A subtill tricke to keepe my servants safe 2. What ha you lost fir Iu. They ransack'd all before my face and threatned To kill me if I cough'd they have a chaine My rings my boxe of casting gold my purse too They rob'd me miserably but that which most grieves me They tooke away some writings 't was a Rogue That knew me and set on by the old Lady I will indite her for 't 1. Shall we pursue 'em Iu. Runne runne cursed raskalls I am out of my wits let not a creature in No not with necessaries 2. We shall be starv'd Ju. I le buy my meate at window as they passe by I wonot trust my Scrivenor he has bookes too And bread I le ha flung up I charge yee all Burne all the bookes i th house 1. Your little Prayer booke Iu. I le never pray agen I le have my doores Made up nothing but walls and thicke ones too No sound shall tempt me agen remember I Have forswoare bookes 2. If you should be call'd to take you oath Iu. I will forsweare all oathes rather than see A thing but in the likenesse of a booke And I were condemn'd I le rather chuse to hang Than read agen come in and search all places They may be about the house were the doores lock'd 1. But the keyes in 'em and if they be gone They could not want wit to locke us in sir Iu. Never was man so miserably undone I would lose a limbe to see their rogueships totter Exeunt Enter Lady and Nurse La. Thy brothers daughter saist and borne in Wales Nur. I have long time desir'd to see her and I hope Your Ladiship will not be offended La. No no Nur. I should be happy if she might be serviceable To you Madam La. Beshrow me but at first she tooke me much Is she not like Maria setting aside Her language very like her and I love her The better for 't I prethee call her hither Shee speakes feate English Nur. Why Guennith Guennith du hummah Guenneth She is course Madam after her country guise And were she in fine cloathes La. I le have her hansome What part of Wales were you borne in Enter Maria Ma. In Abehundis Madams Nur. She speakes that name in Welsh which we call Breck La. What can you doe nocke Ma. Her was toe many tings in Walls know not the fashion in Londons her was milke the Cowes make seeze and butters and spinne very well the Welsh freeze her was Cooke to te Mountaine cots and sing very fine prittish tunes was mage good ales and breds and her know to daunce on Sundayes marge you now Madams La. A pretty innocence I doe like her infinitely Nurse And if I live Enter Servant Ser. Here is Mr. Hartlove Madame come to see you La. Alas poore Gentleman prethee admit him Enter Hartlove and Gent. Ha. Madame I am come to take my last leave La. How sir Ha. Of all my home affections and my friends For the interest you had once in Maria I would acquaint you when I leave the kingdome La. Would there were any thing in my poore power That might divert your will and make you happy I am sure I have wrong'd her too but let your pardon Assure me you are charitable shee 's dead Which makes us both sad What doe you looke on 1. The likest face Ma. Plesse us awle why does that sentilman make such unders and mazements at her I know her not Ha. Be not offended maid La. How the Wench blushes shee represents Marias losse to him Ma. Will the sentillman hurt her pray you be her defences was have mad phisnomies is her troubled with Lunaticks in her praine pans blesse us awle Ha. Where had you this face Ma. Her faces be our none I warrant her Ha. I wonot hurt you all the lineaments That built Maria up all those springing beauties Dwell on this thing change but her tongue I know her Let me see your hand Ma. Du Guin was never theeves and robberies here is no sindge in her hands warrant her Ha. Trust me the selfesame white And softnesse prethee speake our English Dialect Ma. Haleggs what does her speage hard urds to her to make poore Guennith ridicles was no mannerly sentilman to abuse her Ha. By the love That everlasting love I bare Maria Ma. Mariai her name was Guenith and good names was poore else oman maide her have no fine kanags to madge her tricksie yet in her owne cuntries was held a fine ense her can tell her and honest ense too marg you dat now her can keepe her little legges close enough warrant her La. How prettily this anger shewes 1. She gabbles innocently Ha. Madam farewell and all good fortune dwell w' ee With me my owne affections farwell maide Faire gentle maide 2. She sighes Ma. Du cat a whee Ha. I cannot goe there 's somewhat calls me backe Ma. Poore Franke How gladly would I entertaine thy love And meet thy worthy flame but shame forbids me If please her Ladyships dwell here with Guenneth and learne to spinne and card rill to mage flannells and linseyes ulseis sall tawg co'd urds to her Ladyships urships for her The teares flow from him The teares of true affection woe is me O cursed love that glories in maides miseries And true mens broken hearts La. Alas I pitty him the wench is rude and knowes you not forgive her Ma. Wyne your nyes pray you though was porne in Walls 'mong craggy rocks and mountains yet heart is soft looke you hur can weepe too when her see men mage prinie teares and lamentations Ha. How hard she holds me Just as Maria did weepes the same drops Now as I have a living soule her sigh too What shall I thinke is not your name Maria If it be not delude me with so much charity To say it is Ma. Vpon her life you was mightie deale in love with some podies your pale seekes and hollow nyes and pantings upon her bosome know very well because looke you her thinke her honest sentilman you sall call her Maria Ha. Good Madam thinke not ill I am thus sawcie La. Oh no sir be you not angry with the wench Ha. I am most pleas'd 1. Le ts interrupt him hee 'le be mad our right else 2. Observe a little more Ha. Would I could in your language beg a kisse Ma. If her have necessities of a kisse looke you dere is one in sarities Ha. Let me suffer death If in my apprehension two twinnd cherries Be more a kin than her lips to Marias And if this harsh illusion would but leave her She were the same good Madam shall I have Your consent now La. To what Ha. To give this Virgin to me La. Shee s not mine this is her Kiswoman And has

chest is of some weight and we may make Such noise i th carriage we may be snap'd Lur. Come open here 's a devills face Boy No no sir wee le have no shape so terrible We will not doe the divell so much pleasure To have him face our plot Lur. A winding sheete then Boy That 's too cold a shift I would not weare the reward of my wickednesse I wonder you are an old theefe and no cunninger Where 's the long cloake Lur. Here here Boy Give me the Turbant And the false beard I heare some comming this way Stoope stoope and let me sit upon your shoulders And now as I direct stay let 'em enter And when I touch move forward make no noise Enter Nurse and Tobie Nur. Oh t is a sad time all the burnt wine is drunke Nicke To. We may thank your dry chaps for 't the Canaries gone too No substance for a sorrowfull minde to worke upon I cannot mourne in beere if she should walke now As discontented spirits are wont to doe Nur. And meete us in the Cellar Tob. What sence have we with single beere against her What heart can we defie the divell with Nur. The March Beere 's open To. A fortification of March Beere will doe well I must confesse t is a most mighty Armour For I presume I cannot pray Nur. Why Nicholas To. We Coachmen have such tumbling faiths no pray'rs Can goe an even pace Nur. Hold up your candle To. Verily Nurse I have cry'd so much For my young Mistresse that is mortified That if I have not more sacke to support me I shall even sleepe heigho for another flagon These burialls and Christnings are the mournefulst matters And they aske more drinke Nur. Drinke to a sad heart's needfull To. Mine's ever sad for I am ever dry Nurse Nur. Me thinkes the light burnes blew I prethee snuffe it There 's a theefe in 't I thinke To. There may be one neere it Nur. What 's that that moves there i th' name of Nicholas That thing that walkes To. Would I had a ladder to behold it Mercy upon me the Ghost of one o th' Guard sure T is the Devill by his clawes he smells of Brimstone Sure he farts fire what an earth-quake I have in me Out with thy prayer booke Nurse Nur. It fell i the frying-pan and the Cats eate it Tob. J have no power to pray it growes still longer T is Steeple high now and it sayles away Nurse Le ts call the Butler up for he speakes Latine And that will daunt the Devill I am blasted My bellies growne to nothing Nu. Fye flye Tobie Exit Bo. So let them goe and whilst they are astonishd Let us presently upon the rest now sodainely Lur. Off off and up agen when we are neere the Parlour Art sure thou knowst the Chest Boy Though it were i th' darke sir I can goe to 't Lur. On then and be happie Exit Enter Tobie Tob. How my haunches quake is the thing here still Now can I out-doe any Button maker at his owne trade I have fifteene fits of an Ague Nurse t is gone I hope The hard hearted woman has left me alone Nurse And she knowes too I ha but a leane Conscience to keepe me company Noise within The Devills among em in the parlour sure The Ghost three stories high he has the Nurse sure He is boyling of her bones now harke how she whistles There 's gentlewomen within too how will they doe I le to the Cooke for he was drunke last night And now he is valiant he 's a kin toth ' Devill too And feares no fire Enter Lurcher and Boy Lur. No light Boy None left sir They are gone and carried all the candles with 'em Their fright is infinite le ts make good use on 't We must be quick sir quick or the house will rise else Lu. Was this the Chest Boy Yes yes Lur. There was two of 'em Or I mistake Boy I know the right no stay sir Nor no discourse but to our labour lustily Put to your strength and make as little noise Then presently out at the backe doore Lur. Come Boy Come happie child and let me hug thy excellence Exit Enter Wildbraine Wil, What thousand noyses passe through all the roomes What cryes and hurries sure the Devills drunke And tumbles through the house my villanies That never made me apprehend before Danger or feare a little now molest me My Cosens death sits heavie o' my conscience Would I had beene halfe hangd when I hammer'd it I aym'd at a living divorce not a buriall That Franke might have had some hope harke still In every roome confusion they are all mad Most certaine all starke mad within the house A punishment inflicted for my lewdnesse That I might have the more sense of my mischiefe And runne the more mad too my Aunt is hang'd sure Sure hang'd her selfe or else the fiend has fetch'd her I heard a hundred cryes the Devill the Devill Then roaring and then tumbling all the chambers Are a meere babell or another bedlam What should I thinke I shake my selfe too Can the Devill finde no time but when we are merry Here 's something comes Enter Newlove New Oh that I had some company I care not what they were to ease my misery To comfort me Wil. Whos 's that New Againe nay then receive Wil. Hold hold I am no fury The Merchants wife New Are ye a man pray heaven you be Wil. I am New Alas I have met sir The strangest things too night Wil. Why doe you stare New Pray comfort me and put your candle out For if I see the Spirit againe I dye for t And hold me fast for I shall shake to peeces else Wil. I le warrant you I le hold yee Hold ye as tenderly I have put the light out Retire into my Chamber there I le watch we yee I le keepe you from all frights New And will ye keepe me Wil. Keepe you as secure Lady New You must not wrong me then the devill will have us Wil. No no I le love you then the devill will feare us For he feares all that love pray come in quickely For this is the malicious house he walkes in The houre he blasts sweete faces lame the limbs in Depraves the senses now within this halfe houre He will have powre to turne all Citizens wives Into strange creatures Owles and long-taild Monkeys Jayes Pies and Parrots quickely I smell his brimstone New It comes agen I am gone shift for your selfe sir Exit Wil. Sure this whole night is nothing but illusion Here 's nothing comes all they are mad damd devill To drive her backe agen 't had beene thy policy To have let us alone we might have done some fine thing To have made thy hel-hood laugh t is a dainty wench If I had her againe not all your fellow goblins Nor all their clawes should scratch her hence I le stay still May be her fright