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A18415
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May-day A vvitty comedie, diuers times acted at the Blacke Fryers. VVritten by George Chapman.
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Chapman, George, 1559?-1634.
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1611
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STC 4980; ESTC S107953
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consent be ask'd and so your fathers Aur. So runnes the mutuall current of my wish And with such staid and circumspect respects We may so serue and gouerne our desires That till fit obseruation of our fathers Preferre the motion to them we may loue Without their knowledge and the skill of any Saue only of my true friend Lodowicke Aem. I wonder where he is Aur. Not farre I know For in some place he watcheth to preuent The feared danger of your fathers presence Enter Lorenzo and Angelo running Ang. SOunds stay for the loue of your honour sir Lor. A plague of all disguises Angelo Ang. What reason haue you to curse them has not one of them kept you safe from the shame of the world as much as a poore disguise might doe but when your ridiculous feares will cast it off euen while it is on so running through the streets that they rise all in an vprore after you alas what is the poore disguise to blame sir Lor. Well then fortune is to blame or some thing come as thou didst helpe to dawbe me helpe to cleanse me I prethee Ang. Let alone a while sir for Gods sake I le goe see whether the Captaine be gone from home or no Lor. Out vpon that course Angelo I am frighted out of it come enter my house enter Ang. What will you enter your house sir afore you know who is in it keepe your selfe close and let me first enter and discouer Lor. I know there is no body Ang. You cannot know it sir I heard euen now that diuers of the Senate were determin'd to come and sit in Counsell there Lor. A tale a very tale Angelo enter for the loue of heauen enter and vnsmother me Exit Ang. What shall I doe my poore Master is berai'd O that same faithlesse Lodowicke that could drowne the swaggering Captaine no better in his drunkennesse alas how should I salue this Exit Enter Lorenzo and after him Angelo Lor. How now whom doe I see my daughter and a yonker together passion of death hell and damnation what lecherous capricorne raignes this vnhappy day old and yong in a predicament O fie of filthy sinne and concupiscence I will conceale my rage a while that it may breake forth in fury I le shift me presently Angelo and goe fetch the Prouost Ang. O vnspeakable madnesse will you for euer dishonour your daughter and in her your selfe sir Lor. Talke not to me out vpon this abhominable concupiscence the pride of the flesh this witchcraft of the Diuell talke not to me iustice cries out an 't in the streets and I will see it punish't come good Angelo to helpe to shift me Ang. I le follow you Sir instantly Master Master Aur. Angelo what newes Ang. Miserable Master cast downe your ladder and come downe instantly Aem. Alas why Angelo is my father comming Ang. Let vs not talke but come downe I say Aur. Deere life farewell wee 'll shortly meete againe So parts the dying body from the soule As I depart from my Aemilia Aem. So enter frighted soules to the low world As my poore spirit vpon this soddaine doubt What may succeede this danger Ang. Come away you 'll be whipt anone for your amourosity hast for shame hast c. Aem. Once more and euer fare my deere life well Exit Aemil Ang. Leaue your amorous congeis get you in Dame sir you and I will talke as 't were betwixt the pales now get you and shift you of this sute presently Aur. Shift me Angelo why man Ang. Aske me no questions but goe home and shift you presently and when I haue done a little businesse here within I le come and tell you my deuice there hath more chanc't then you are aware of and then I can stand to tell you away therefore presently goe home and shift you Aur. Very good sir I will be ruld by you and after learne the misteries Exit Aurel. Ang. Now will I let the little squire shift and cleanse himselfe without me that he may be longer about fetching the Prouost and in the meane time will I take my Masters sute of which the little squire tooke note and put it on my sweet heart Francischina who shall presently come and supply my Masters place with his Mistris for the little squire amaz'd with his late affrights and this suddaine offencefull spectacle of his daughter tooke no certaine note who it was that accosted her for if he had he would haue blam'd me for my Master only the colour of his garment sticks in his fancie which when he shall still see where he left it he will still imagine the same person weares it and thus shall his daughters honour and my Masters be preseru'd with the finest sugar of inuention And when the little squire discouers my sweet heart shee shall sweare shee so disguised her selfe to follow him for her loue to him ha ha ha O the wit of man when it has the winde of a woman Exit Enter Lodouico and Lucretia with Rapiers fighting Lod. HOld hold I pre thee hold I yeeld my rapier Let my submission my presumption salue Lucr. Ignoble Lodwicke should I take thy life It were amends too little for the wrong Lod. O the precious heauens How was I gul'd haud hide thy selfe for shame And henceforth haue an eye before thy fingers Lucr. Well do not ieast it out for I protest If this disguise which my inhumane fate Puts on my proper sexe be by thy meanes Seene through by any other then thy selfe The quarrell twixt vs shall be more then mortall And thy dishonour to a friendlesse stranger Exild his natiue countrey to remaine Thrall to the mercy of such vnknowne maids As fortune makes the rulers of my life Shall spread it selfe beyond my misery Lod. Nay mixe not cause of mirth with passion Do me the grace t' vnfold thy name and state And tell me what my whole estate may doe To salue this wrong vnwittingly I did thee And set the plantife thoughts of thy hard fate In such peace as my friendship may procure And if I faile thee let Ioue fayle my soule When most this earth makes it need help of heauē Lucr. In the more then temper my late rage And show your vertues perfectly deriu'd From the Venetian noblesse for my name It is Lucretio which to fit this habit I turn'd Lucretia the rest that rests To be related of my true estate I le tell some other time least now your presence Might dumbly tell it if it should be seene To all the world or else make it suspect My femall life of lightnesse then with thanks And vow of all true friendship for th' amends Your kindnesse makes me take your sword againe And with it while I liue the power of mine In any honor'd vse shall commaund Then till we meete and may laugh at this error I le once more trie the free peace of my chamber Exit Lod. Do so sweet friend a plague of Gingerly