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Michaelmas terme As it hath been sundry times acted by the Children of Paules.
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Middleton, Thomas, d. 1627.
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life But so to mocke his funerall Eas. Most iust The Liuerie all assembled mourning weedes Throughout his house een down to his last seruāt The Herauld richly hirde to lend him Armes Faind from his Auncestors which I dare sweare knewe no other Armes but those they labour'd with All preparations furnisht nothing wanted Saue that which was the cause of all his death If he be liuing Iudg. T was an impious part Eas. We are not certaine yet it is himselfe But some false spirit that assumes his shape And seekes still to deceiue mee Quo. Oh are you come my Lord their here good morrow Tomazin Iudg. Now what are you Quo. I am Quomodo my Lord this my wife Those my two men that are bound wrongfully Iud. How are we sure y' are he Quo. Oh you cannot misse my Lord Iud. I le trie you Are you the man that liu'd the famous cousner Quo. O no my Lord Iud. Did you deceiue this Gentleman of his right And laid Nets ore his land Quo. Not I my Lord Iud. Then y' are not Quomodo but a counterfet Lay hands on him and beare him to the whip Quo. Stay stay a little I pray now I remember me my Lord I cousned him indeed t is wondrous true Iud. Then I dare sweare this is no counterfet Let all doubts cease this man is Quomodo Quo. Why la you now you would not beleeue this I am found what I am Iud. But setting these thy odious shifts apart Why did that thought prophane enter thy brest To mocke the world with thy supposed death Quo. Conceiue you not that my Lord a policy Iud. So Quo. For hauing gotten the lands I thirsted still To know what fate would follow 'em Iud. Being ill got Quo. Your Lorpship apprehends me Iud. I thinke I shall anon Quo. And thereupon I out of policie possest my sonne Which since I haue found lewd and now intend To disinherit him for euer Not onely this was in my death set downe But thereby a firme triall of my wife Her constant sorrowes her remembring vertues All which are Dewes the shine of a next morning dries 'em vp all I see 't Iud. Did you professe wise cousenage and would dare To put a woman to her two dayes choice When of a minute do's it Quo. Lesse a moment The twinckling of an eye a glimpse scarce somthing do's it Your Lordship yet will graunt she is my wife Tom. O heauen Iud. After some penance and the Deues of law I must acknowledge that Quo. I scarce like Those Deues of lawe Eas. My Lord altho the law too gently lot his wife The wealth he left behind he cannot chalenge Quo. How Eas. Behold his hand against it Quo. He do's deuize all meanes to make mee mad that I may no more lie with my wife in perfect memorie I know 't but yet the landes will maintaine me in my wits the lande will doe so much for mee Iudg. In witnesse whereof I haue set to mine owne hand Ephestian Quomodo T is firme enough your owne sir Quo. A iest my Lord I did I knew not what Iud. It should seeme so deceit is her owne foe Craftily gets and childishly le ts goe But yet the lands are his Quo. I warrant yee Eas. No my good Lord the lands know the right heire I am their master once more Quo. Haue you the lands Eas. Yes truly I praise heauen Quo. Is this good dealing are there such consciences abroad how which way could he come by 'em Sho. My Lord I le quickly resolue you that it comes to me This cousner whom too long I call'd my patrone To my thought dying and the foole his sonne Possest of all which my braine partly sweat for I held it my best vertue by a plot To get from him what for him was ill got Quo. O beastly Shortyard Sho. When no sooner mine But I was glad more quickly to resigne Iud. Craft once discouer'd shewes her abiect line Quo. He hits me euery where for craft once knowne Do's teach fooles wit leaues the deceiuer none My deedes haue cleft me cleft me Enter Officers with Lethe and the Harlot 1. Off. Roome there Quo. A little yet to raise my spirit Here maister Lethe comes to wed my Daughter That 's all the ioy is left me ha who 's this Iudge What crimes haue those brought foorth Gent. The shame of lust Most viciously on this his wedding morning This man was ceazde in shame with that bolde Strumpet Iudge Why t is she he meanes to marrye Leth. No in truth Iudge In truth you doe Who for his wife his Harlot doth preferre Good reason t is that he should marrie her Curt. I craue it on my knees such was his vowe at first Pand. I le say so too And worke out mine owne safetie Such was his vowe at first indeede my Lord How ere his moode has chang'd him Leth. O vilde slaue Curt. He sayes it true my Lord Iud. Rest content He shall both marrie and taste punishment Leth. Oh intollerable I beseech your good Lordship if I must haue an outward punishment let me not marrie an inward whose lastes will nere out but growe worse and worse I haue a wife staies for me this morning with seauen hundred pound in her pursse let me be speedily whipt and be gone I beseech your Lordship Gent. Hee speakes no truth my Lord behold the Virgin Wife to a well esteemed Gentleman Loathing the Sin he followes Leth. I was betrayed yes faith Rer. His owne Mother my Lord Which hee confest through ignorance and disdaine His name so chang'd to abuse the world and her Let. Marry a Harlot why not t is an honest mans fortune I pray did not one of my Coūtriemen marrye my Sister why well then if none should be marryed but those that are honest where should a man seeke a wife after Christmas I pitty that Gentleman that has nine Daughters to bestowe and seauen of e'm Seeded already they wil be good stuffe by that time I doe beseech your Lordship to remoue the punishment I am content to marrie her Iudge There 's no remouing of your punishment Leth. O good my Lord Iudge Vnlesse one heere assembled Whom you haue most vnnaturally abusde beget your pardon Leth. Who should that be Or who would doote that has beene so abusde A troublesome pennance sir Quo. Knaue in your face leaue your mocking Andrew marrie your Qeane and be quiet Leth. Maister Easie Eas. I 'me sorrie you take such a bad course sir Leth. Maister Quomodo Toma. Enquire my right name agen next time now goe your waies like an Asse as you came Leth. Masse I forget my mother all this while I le make her doo 't at first pray mother your blessing for once Moth. Calst me Mother out I defie thee slaue Leth. Call me slaue as much as you will but doe not shame me now let the world knowe you are my Mother Moth. Let me not haue this Villaine put vpon me I beseech your Lordship Iudg. Hee 's iustly curst she loathes to know him now Whome he before did as much loath to knowe Wilt thou beleeue me woman Moth. That 's soone done Iudge Then knowe him for a Villaine t is thy Sonne Moth. Art thou Andrew my wicked Sonne Andrew Leth. You would not beleeue me Mother Moth. How art thou chang'd Is this sute fit for thee a Tooth-drawers Sonne this countrie has ee'ne spoilde thee since thou camst heather thy manners better then thy cloathes but now whole cloathes and ragged manners it may well be saide that truth goes naked for when thou hadst scarce a shirt thou hadst more truth about thee Iudg. Thou art thine owne affliction Quomodo Shortyard we banish t is our pleasure Sho. Hence foorth no woman shall complaine for measure Iudg. And that all Error from our workes may stand We bannish Falslight euermore the land FINIS
there goes a Gull that keepes his money I would not haue such a report goe on you for the Worlde as long as you are in my companie Why man fortune alters in a Minute I ha knowne those haue recouered so much in an houre their purses were neuer sicke after Rer. Oh worse then consumption of the Liuer consumption of the patrimonie Sho. How now marke their humours master Easie Rer. Forgiue me my posteritie yet vngotten Sho. That 's a penitent Maudlen Dicer Rer. Few knowe the sweets that the plaine life allowes Vilde sonne that surfets of his fathers browes Sho. Laugh at him master Easie Eas. Ha ha ha Sal. I le bee damn'd and these bee not the bones of some queane that couzened me in her life and now consumes mee after her death Sho. That 's the true-wicked-blasphemous and soul-shuddering Dicer that will curse you all seruice time attribute his ill lucke alwayes to one Drab or other Leth. Dick Hell-gill the hapie Newes Hel. I haue her for you sir Leth. Peace what is she Helg. Yong beautifull and plump a delicate peece of sin Leth. Of what parentage Helg. Oh a Gentlewoman of a great house Leh. Fie fie Helg. Shee newly came out of a Barne yet too good for a Tooth-drawers sonne Leth. Is she wife or maide Helg. That which is dantiest Maide Leth. I de rather shee 'd beene a wife Helg. A wife sir why Leth. Oh Adulterie is a great deale sweeter in my minde Helg. Diseases gnaw thy bones I thinke she has deserud to be a wife sir Leth. That will moue well Helg. Her firstlinge shall be mine Swine looke but for the huskes the meate be thine Sho: How now Boy Boy Maister Quomodo takes your worships greeting exceeding kindely and in his commendations returnes this answere that your worship shall not be so apt to receiue it as hee willing to lend it Sho. Why we thanke him yfaith Eas. Troth and you ha reason to thanke him sir t' was a verie friendly answere Sh. Push a Gentleman that keeps his daies euen here i th City as I my selfe watch to doe shall haue many of those answeres in a tweluemonth maister Easie Eas. I promise you sir I admire your carriage and begin to hold a mor reu'rend respect of you Sho. Not so I beseech you I giue my friends leaue to bee inward with me will you walke Gentlemen Leth. Wee 're for you Present her with this Iewell my first token Enter a Drawer Draw There are certaine Country-men without enquiring for maister Rerage and maister Salewood Rer. Tennants Salew. Thou reuiu'st vs Rascall Rer. When 's our next meeting Gentlemen Shor. To morrow night This Gentleman by me inuites you all Do you not Maister Easie Easie Freely sir Salew. We doe imbrace your loue a pure fresh Gull Short Thus make you men at parting duetifull And rest beholding to you t is the slight To be remembred when you 'r out of sight Easi. A prettie vertue Exeunt Enter the Countrie-Wenches Father that was entisc'd for Leth Father Where shall I seeke her now oh if she knew The Dangers that attend on womens liues She would rather lodge vnder a poore thatcht Roofe Then vnder carued seelings she was my ioy And all content that I receiu'd from life My deere and onely Daughter What saies the Note she left let mee agen With stayeder greefe peruse it Father wonder not at my so suddaine departure without your leaue or knowledge thus vnder pardon I excuse it had you had knowledge of it I know you would haue sought to restraine it and hinder me from what I haue long desirde being now happilye preferr'd to a Gentlemans seruice in London about Holborne if you please to send you may heare well of me As false as she is disobedient Iu'e made larger inquirie left no place Where Gentrie keepes vnsought yet cannot heare Which driues me moste into a shamefull feare Woe worth th' infected cause that makes me visit This man-deuouring Cittie where I spent My vnshapen youth to be my ages cursse And surfetted away my name and state In swinish Riots that now being sober I doe awake a Begger I may hate her Whose youth voides wine his age is curst with water Oh heauens I know the price of ill too well What the confusions are in whome they dwell And how soone Maides are to their Ruins won One minute and aeternally vndone So in mine may it may it not be thus Though she be poore her honours preceous May be my present forme and her fond feare May chace her from me if her eye should get me And therefore as my loue and wants aduise I le serue vntill I finde her in disguise Such is my care to fright her from base euils I leaue calme state to liue amongst you deuils Exit Lethes Mother enters with Quomodoes wife with the Letter Toma. Were these fit wordes thinke you to be sent to anye Cittizens wife to enioy the Daughter and loue the mother too for a neede I would foulye scorne that man that should loue me onely for a neede I tell you and heere the Knaue writes agen that by the mariage of my Daughter a has the better meanes and opportunitie to my selfe hee lies in his Throate like a villaine he has no opportunitie of mee for all that t is for his betters to haue opportunitie of me and that he shall well knowe a base proud knaue a has forgot how he came vp brought two of his countrie men to giue their words to my husband for a sute of greene Karsey a has forgot all this and how does hee appeare to me when his white Sattin suttes on but like a Magot crept out of a Nut-shell a faire bodie and a foule necke those partes that are couered of him lookes indifferent well because we cannot see e'm else for all his clensing pruning and paring hee 's not worthy a Brokers Daughter and so tell him Gri. I will indeede forsooth Toma. And as for my Childe I hope shee le bee ruld in Time though she be folish yet not be carryed away with a cast of Manchets a Bottle of wine or a Custard and so I pray certifie him Grui. He doe your errant effectually Toma. Art thou his Ant or his Gri. Alasse I am a poore drudge of his Toma. Faith and thou wert his Mother he would make thee his drudge I warrant him Gri. Marrie out vppon him sir reuerence of your mistris-ship Tom. Heer 's somewhat for thy paines fare thee well Gri. T is more then he gaue me since I came to him Enter Quomodo and his Daughter Su. Quo. How now what prating haue we heare whispers dumshowes why Tomazin goo too my shop is not altogether so darke as some of my neighbours where a man may be made Cuckold at one ende while hee 's measuring with his yard at tother Toma. Onely commendations sent from Maister Lethe your worshipfull Sonne in law that should be Quo Oh that