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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A04889	A pleasant conceited comedie, called, A knacke to know an honest man As it hath beene sundrie times plaied about the citie of London.; Knack to know an honest man.		1596 (1596)	STC 15028; ESTC S108089	27,820	62

downe he is not proud for his head is readie to salute euerie poast nor hee is not enuious for hee teares his stomacke open to euerie man and sleepes as soundly on a donghil as on a downe bed Mary one thing he is subiect to impatience for once a daie he sees the deuill Fran And truly for that cause I le blesse my selfe I le to the Duke of Millanes campe to my master And there professe beggerie stay thou heere To professe dronkennes and so farewell Ex Fran Gnat Go thou to beggerie I le to the butcherie The prouerbe is true that I tell to you T is better to be dronken and drousie Than hunger starued and lousie Ex Gnatto Enter Annetta and Lucida with their worke in their handes An Come Lucida here let vs sit a while My father is banisht and my husband is fled And that which grieues my hart my brethren poore And we not able for to succor them Lu Good mother cease your plaintes for heere comes one Enter Sempronio Sem Fortunio my master mad in loue Must haue this Lucida or he will die And I supposd to be a worldly man Must be a meane and stale to win his loue But whereas penitent experience pleads for lewd lust The lecher neuer thriues But here bring I the sacred chest of gold Giftes which if prouerbs lie not will tempt the Gods Yonder sits chastitie at beauties feete Madames God speed your works speed your frinds And speed your foes but speed your vertues more Lu welcome honest friend Sem soft first proue mine honestie And heare my message ere you prais me much And this is it A lewd and lustie Lord Traind vp in idlenes hath late beheld faire Lucida And longs to lie with her And hoping by rewards to win her loue He sends this casconet clogd with gold and pearle First to Annetta to make her a baud Next to faire Lucida to make her a whoore But if Annetta be as chast and wise As when she countercheckt Sempronio If Lelios vertue liue in Lucida Returne me backe with strokes and railing wordes Scratch out my eies for bringing lewd attempts But if you meane to trie a tricke of youth And vaine necessitie kils honestie Here take this golde but herewithall receiue A thousand curses from Sempronios ghost This halter to dispatch thee least thy guilt Should breed more dishonor in thy fathers eares Luc Who sent thee fellow to seduce vs thus Sem Fortunio Lucida a mightie man But if true vertue gouerne thy affects Make thou a marble rocke of this white breast Against the sea of euerie loued assault An The strangest message that I euer heard Fortunio shewed but little wit in this To trust his secrets with so seuere a man Sem Why Annetta I haue dealt in honestie I haue discourst my masters minde at large And therein shewed the dutie that I owe Next lyke a councellor and friend besides I giue thee this aduice and therein let thee know How much I honor noble Lelio Ah but when I thinke vpon Sempronio An Why what of him Sem How imperiously he sought to win thy loue An Tell me the rest Stm I cannot choose but weepe amaine Luc Why dydst thou know the man Sem O no not I for I am penitent Experience Madames I know gold cannot conquer you Faire Lucida doth scorne Fortunios lust And for that vertue which I see in both Receiue the gifts I will bestow on you To thee chast madame Lelios best beloued I giue this scalpe and pray thee euerie daie Beholding it to thinke vpon thy end Which sight will so restraine all worldly lust As thou shalt die to sin and liue to God To thee faire Lucida I do present This booke whereon is written Thy fathers pedegree and famous line Each morning when the golden Sunne appeares And glides the mountaine tops peruse it well There reading marke but honor of thy race Take heed least lewdnes do thy fame deface Replie not get you in the Crocodile is cōming forth Here put them in at doore That weeping will deuour you This is the feastiuall of holy Marke Yond come the pompious shew Enter the shew on the Stage Vanitas vanitatum omnia vanitas Vaine ceremonies customes of the world This daie our Lordes of Venice wonted bee To sacrifice in triumph to the sea And march in pompe vnto the Arcedan For this great state built in a starrie nooke An angle of the Andrie arctike sea For happinesse and long continuance More blest than Rome it selfe Vaine customes doth obserue But yond come my master and Marchetto forth Now you that long to see the guise of sinne How one makes two and two increaseth foure And sinne in gathering head growes infynite Let him beholde examples in these loues Enter Fortunio and Marchetto For Here comes my cynicall attendance Wee shall haue newes what Lucyda intendes Sem Goe cast thee headlong from a mounttaine top Or in the deepest seas goe drowne thy selfe Goe liue thou wretch among the barbarous beasts Where Italy may neuer heare thy name For vertue vowes to laugh in looking on To see you perish in your peeuishnes For. A dreadfull enterance to a dolfull tale Speake man what newes from Lucyda Sem shee spyes thy poyssoned message in thy face Shee scornes thy gyftes and vowes to hate thee euer To thee lewd lossell fayre Annetta sends A troope of curses chayned with bitter sighes Come Lordes le ts lyghten vs of heauie things There lies my cloake cap now throw your swoordes aside And let vs three lyke fleeting vnycornes Runne blushing through the streets in to the wood There let Fortunio cut Marchettos throat That councelled him to rauish chastytie There penitent experience with his bat Shall beate Fortunios tender wanton sides That sought to spoyle holy virginitie Lastly my selfe will syt and teare my haire And weepe vntil I choake my selfe with wet To see nobilytie so much disguisd For Hence sorrow boding messenger be gone Rage now shall ouer rule discretion Gather thy frends Marchetto follow mee This nyght wee will surprise them in their beds And teach them kyndnes who will learne no loue Mar Here is perfect vallour in a noble man Sem here is perfect villany sprong from thy lyps Exit omnis manet Sempronio Enter one of the Senators with Brishios two sonnes Sen Now gentelmen what seeke you at my hands Orp. My Lord wee hope that for the aunient league Betwixt our Father and your worthie selfe You will vouchsafe somewhat to succour vs. Sem What gentelmen and begeres fye for shame Sep. Pay not our hopes with scornes Our father vsed you better in your wants Sem Thou talkest of matters fortie yeres ago The worlde that 's now differs from that was then Men are more neere and deerer to themselues But if you want a cup of drinke or so Stand at my dore my man shall bring it you Exit Senator Ha ha ha a worldling ryght the poets