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A50787
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Any thing for a quiet life a comedy, formerly acted at Black-Fryers, by His late Majesties servants ... / written by Tho. Middleton, Gent.
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Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627.
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1662
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Wing M1979; ESTC R16685
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to be done now Counterb. To pay us for our pains sir and better reward us that we may be provided against further danger that may come upon 's for false imprisonment Cham. All goes false I think what do you neighbor Sweetball Barb. I must Phlebotomize sir but my Almanack says the Sign is in Taurus I dare not cut my own throat but if I finde any president that ever Barber hang'd himself I le be the second example Ralph This was your ill Luxinium Barber to cause all to be cheated Counterb. What say you to us sir Cham. Good friends come to me at a calmer hour my sorrows lye in heaps upon me now what you have keep if further trouble follow I le take it on me I would be prest to death Counterb. Well sir for this time we 'l leave you Barb. I will go with you Officers I will walk with you in the open street though it be a scandal to me for now I have no care of my credit a Cacokenny is run all over me Exeunt Cham. What shall we do now Ralph Enter George Ralph Faith I know not sir here comes George it may be he can tell you Cham. And there I look for more disaster still yet George appeares in a smiling countenance Ralph home to the shop leave George and I together Ralph I am gone sir Exit Ralph Cham. Now George what better News Eastward all goes ill to'ther way George I bring you the best news that ever came about your ears in your life sir Cham. Thou putst me in good comfort George George My Mistriss your wife will never trouble you more Cham. Ha never trouble me more of this George may be made a sad construction that phrase we sometimes use when death makes the separation I hope it is not so with her George George No sir but she vows she 'l never come home agen to you so you shall live quietly and this I took to be very good news sir Cham. The worst that could be this candid poison I love her George and I am bound to do so the tongues bitterness must not separate the united souls 't were base and cowardly for all to yield to the small Tongues assault the whole building must not be taken down for the repairing of a broken window George I but this is a Principal sir the truth is she will be divorc't she says and is laboring with her Cousin Knave what do you call him I have forgotten the latter end of his name Cham. Knaves-bee George George I Knave or Knaves-bee one I took it to be Cham. Why neither rage nor envy can make a cause George George Yes sir not onely at your person but she shoots at your shop too she says you vent Ware that is not warrantable brayded Ware and that you give not London measure women you know look for more then a bare yard and then you keep children in the name of your own which she suspects came not in at the right door Cham. She may as well suspect immaculate Truth to be cursed Falshood George I but if she will she will she 's a woman sir Cham. 'T is most true George well that shall be redrest my Cousin Cressingham must yield me pardon the children shall home agen and thou shalt conduct 'em George George That done I le be bold to venter once more for her recovery since you cannot live at liberty but because you are a rich Citizen you will have your Chain about your neck I think I have a device will bring you together by 'th years agen and then look to 'em as well as you can Cham. Oh George amongst all my heavy Troubles this is the groaning weight but restore my Wife George Although you ne're lead hour of quiet life Cham. I will endeavor 't George I 'le lend her Will A power and rule to keep all husht and still Eat we all Sweet-meats we are soonest rotten George A Sentence pity 't should have bin forgotten Exeunt ACTUS IV. Enter Sir Francis Cressingham and a Surveyor Sur. WHere 's Mr. Steward Cress. Within what are you sir Sur. A Surveyor sir Cress. And an Almanack-maker I take it Can you tell me what foul weather is toward Sur. Marry the fowlest weather is that your Land is flying away Exit Surveyor Cress. A most terrible prognostication All the resort all the business to my house is to my Lady and Mr. Steward whilest Sir Francis stands for a Cypher I have made away my self and my power as if I had done it by Deed of Gift here comes the Comptroller of the Game Enter Saunder Saunder What are you yet resolved to translate this unnecessary Land into ready money Cress. Translate it Saun. The Conveyances are drawn and the money ready my Lady sent me to you to know directly if you meant to go through in the Sale if not she resolves of another course Cress. Thou speakest this cheerfully methinks whereas faithful servants were wont to mourn when they beheld the Lord that fed and cherisht them is by curst inchantment remov'd into another blood Cressingham of Cressingham has continued many years and must the Name sink now Saun. All this is nothing to my Ladies resolution it must be done or she 'l not stay in England she would know whether your son be sent for that must likewise set his hand t'oth Sale for otherwise the Lawyers say there cannot be a sure Conveyance made to the Buyer Cress. Yes I have sent for him but I pray thee think what a hard task 't will be for a Father to perswade his son and heir to make away his inheritance Saun. Nay for that use your own Logick I have heard you talk at the Sessions terribly against Deer-stealers and that kept you from being put out of the Commission Exit Saunder Enter young Cressingham Cress. I do live to see two miseries one to be commanded by my Wife the other to be censured by my slave Yong Cress. That which I have wanted long and has bin cause of my irregular courses I beseech you let raise me from the ground Cress. Rise George there 's a hundred pounds for you and my Blessing with these your mothers favor but I here your studies are become too licentious of late Yong Cress. H 'as heard of my cozenage Cress. What 's that you are writing Yong Cress. Sir not any thing Cress. Come I hear there 's something coming forth of yours will be your undoing Yong Cress. Of mine Cress. Yes of your writing somewhat you should write will be dangerous to you I have a suit to you Yong Cress. Sir my obedience makes you commander in all things Cress. I pray suppose I had committed some fault for which my Life and sole Estate were forfeit to the Law and that some great Man neer the King should labor to get my pardon on condition he might enjoy my Lordship could you prize your Fathers Life above the grievous loss of your
inheritance Yong Cress. Yes and my own Life at stake too Cress. You promise fair I come now to make trial of it You know I have married one whom I hold so dear that my whole life is nothing but a meer estate depending upon her will and her affections to me she deserves so well I cannot longer merit then durante bene placita 't is her pleasure and her wisdom moves in 't too of which I le give you ample satisfaction hereafter that I sell the Land my Father left me You change colour I have promis'd her to do 't and should I fail I must expect the remainder of my life as full of trouble and vexation as the Suit for a Divorce it lies in you by setting of your hand unto the Sale to add length to his life that gave you yours Yong Cress. Sir I do now ingeniously perceive why you said lately somewhat I should write would be my undoing meaning as I take it setting my hand to this Assurance Oh good Sir shall I pass away my Birth-right Oh remember there is a malediction denounc't against it in Holy Writ will you for her pleasure the Inheritance of Desolation leave to your posterity think how compassionate the creatures of the field that onely live on the wilde benefits of Nature are unto their yong ones think likewise you may have more children by this woman and by this act you undo them too 't is a strange president this to see an obedient son laboring good counsel to the father But know Sir that the spirits of my Great-Grandfather and your Father moves at this present in me and what they bequeath'd you on your Death-bed they charge you not to give away in the dalliance of a womans bed Good Sir let it not be thought presumption in me that I have continued my speech unto this length the cause sir is urgent and believe it you shall finde her Beauty as malevolent unto you as a red morning that doth still foretel a foul day to follow Oh Sir keep your Land keep that to keep your Name immortal and you shall see All that her Malice and proud Will procures Shall shew her ugly heart but hurt not yours Cress. Oh I am distracted and my very soul sends blushes into my cheeks Enter George with the two Children Yong Cress. See here an Object to beget more compassion George O Sir Francis we have a most lamentable house at home nothing to be heard in 't but Separation and Divorces and such a noise of the Spiritual Court as if it were a Tenement upon London-Bridge and built upon the Arches Cress. What 's the matter George All about Boarding your children my Mistriss is departed Cress Dead George In a sort she is and laid out too for she is run away from my Master Cress. Whither George Seven miles off into Essex she vowd never to leave Barking while she liv'd till these were brought home agen Cress. Oh they shall not offend her I am sorry for 't 1 Childe I am glad we are come home sir for we liv'd in the unquietest house 2 Childe The angry woman me thought grutcht us our victuals our new Mother is a good Soul and loves us and does not frown so like a Vixen as she does 1 Childe I am at home now and in heaven me thinks what a comfort 't is to be under your wing 2 Childe Indeed my mother was wont to call me your Nestlecock and I love you as well as she did Enter Saunder Knaves-bee and Surveyor Cress. You are my pretty souls Yong Cress. Does not the prattle of these move you Saun. Look you Sir here 's the Conveyance and my Ladies Solicitor pray resolve what to do my Lady is coming down How now George how does thy Mistriss that sits in a Wainscot Gown like a Citizens Lure to draw in Customers oh she 's a pretty Mous-trap George She 's ill baited though to take a Welch-man she cannot away with Cheese Cress. And what must I do now Kna. Acknowledge a Fine and Recovery of the Land then for possession the course is common Cress. Carry back the Writings sir my minde is chang'd Saun. Chang'd do not you mean to seal Enter Lady Cressingham Cress. No Sir the Tide 's turn'd Saun. You must temper him like wax or he 'l not seal Lady Are you come back again How now have you done 1 Childe How do you Lady Mother Lady You are good children bid my woman give them some Sweet-meats 1 Childe Indeed I thank you Is not this a kinde Mother Yong Cress. Poor fools you know not how dear you shall pay for this Sugar Lady What han't you dispatcht Cress. No Sweetest I am disswaded by my son from the Sale o' th Land Lady Disswaded by your son Cress. I cannot get his hand to 't Lady Where 's our Steward cause presently that all my Beds and Hangings be taken down provide Carts pack them up I 'le to my House i' th Countrey have I studied the way to your preferment and your childrens and do you cool i' th upshot Yong Cress. With your pardon I cannot understand this course a way to any preferment rather a direct path to our ruine Lady Oh sir you are young sighted shew them the project of the Land I mean to buy in Ireland that shall out-value yours three thousand in a year Kna. Look you sir here is Clangibbon a fruitful countrey and well wooded Cress. What 's this Marsh ground Kna. No these are Boggs but a little Cost will drain them This upper part Map that runs by the black water is the Cossacks Land a spacious countrey and yields excellent profit by the Salmon and fishing for Herring here runs the Kernes-dale admirable feed for cattel and here about is St. Patrick's Purgatory Yong Cress. Purgatory shall we purchase that too Lady Come come will you dispatch th' other business we may go through with this Cress. My son 's unwilling Lady Upon my soul sir I 'le never bed with you till you have seal'd Cress. Thou hear'st her on thy blessing follow me to 'th Court and seal Yong Cress. Sir were it my death wer 't to 'th loss of my estate I vow to obey you in all things yet with it remember there are two young ones living that may curse you I pray dispose part of the money on their generous Educations Lady Fear no you sir The Caroche there when you have dispatcht you shall finde me at the Scriveners where I shall receive the money Yong Cress. She 'l devour that mass too Lady How likest thou my power over him Saun. Excellent Lady This is the height of a great Ladies sway When her night service makes her rule i' th day Exeunt manet Knaves-bee Enter Knaves bee's Wife Kna. Not yet Sib my Lord keeps thee so long th' art welcome I see then and pays sweetly too a good wench Sib th' art to obey thy husband She 's come a hundred mark a year how