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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41993	A most pleasant comedy of Mucedorus the kings son of Valentia, and Amadine the kings daughter of Aragon with the merry conceits of Mouse : amplified with new additions, as it was acted before the Kings Majesty at Whitehall, on Shrove Sunday night by His Highness servants usually playing at the Globe.; Mucedorus.	Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592.; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.	1650 (1650)	Wing G1829; ESTC R11499	26,654	47

Down in the valley where I slew the Bear And there doth grow a fair broad branched beech That overshades a well so who comes first Let them abide the happy meeting of it both How like you this Ama. I like in well Muce Now if you please you may appoint the time Ama. Full three hours hence God willing I will return Muce. The thanks that Paris gave the Grecian Queen The like doth Mucedorus yield Ama. Then Mucedorus for three hours farewell Exit Muce Your departure Lady breeds a privy pain Exit Enter Segastus solus Segast. 'T is well Segasto that thou hast thy will Should such a Shepherd such a simple Swain as he Eclipse thy credit famous thorow the Court No ply Segasto ply let it not in Aragon be said A Shepherd hath Segastoes honour won Enter Mouse the Clown calling his Master Clow. What hoe Master will you come away Segast. Will you come hither I pray you what is the matter Clow. Why is it not past eleven of the clock Seg. How then sir Clow. I pray you come away to dinner Seg. I pray you come hither Clow. Here 's such a do with you will you never come Seg. I pray you sir what news of the message I sent you about Clow. I tell you all the Messes be on the Table already There wants not so much as a mess of Mustard half an hour ago Seg. Come sir your mind is all upon your belly You have forgotten what I bid you do Clo. Faith I know nothing but you bad me go to breakfast Seg. Was that all Clo. Faith I have forgotten it the very scent of the meat hath made me forget it quite Seg. You have forgotten the Arrand I bid you do Clo. What Arrand an arrant knave or an arrant whore Seg. Why thou knave did I not bid thee banish the Shepherd Clo. O the Shepherds Bastard Seg. I tell thee the Shepherds Banishment Col. I tell you the Shepherds Bastard shall be well kept I le look to it my self but I pray you come away to dinner Seg. Then you will not tell me whether you have banished him or no Clo. Why I cannot say banishment if you would give me a thousand pounds to say so Seg. Why you whorsen slave have you forgotten that I sent you and another to drive away the Shepherd Clo. What an Ass are you here 's a stir indeed Her 's Message Arrant Banishment and I cannot tell what Seg. I pray you sir shall I know whether you have drove him away Clo. Faith I think I have and you will not believe me ask my staff Seg. Why can thy staff tell Clo. Why he was with me too Seg. Then happy I that have obtain'd my will Clo. And happier I if you would go to dinner Seg. Come sirrah follow me Clo. I warrant you I will not lose an inch of you now you are going to dinner I promise you I thought seven years before I could get him away Enter Amadine sola Ama. God grant my long delay procures no harm For this my tarrying frustrate my pretence My Mucedorus surely stays for me And thinks me over-long at length I come My present promise to perform Ah what a thing is firm unfained love What is it which true love dares not attempt My father he may make but I must match Segasto loves but Amadine must like Where likes her best compulsion is a thrall No no the hearty choice is all in all The Shepherds vertue Amadine esteems But what methinks the Shepherd is not come I muse at that the hour is at hand Well here I le rest till Mucedorus come She sits down Enter Bremo looking about hastily takes hold on her Bre. A happy prey now Bremo feed on flesh Dainties Bremo dainties thy hungry paunch to fill Now glut thy greedy guts with lukewarm blood Come fight with me I long to see thee dead Ama. How can she fight that weapons cannot wield Bre. What canst not fight then lie thee down and die Ama. What must I die Bre. What needs these words I thirst to suck thy blood Ama. Yet pitty me and let me live awhile Bre. No pitty I I le feed upon thy flesh And tear thy body peece-meal joynt by joynt Am. Ah now I want my Shepherds company Bre. I le crush thy bones between two Oaken trees Am. Hast Shepherd hast or else thou com'st too late Bre. I le suck the sweetness from thy marrow-bones Ama. Ah spare ah spare to shed my guiltless blood Bre. With this my Bat I will beat out thy brains Down down I say postrate thy self upon the ground Ama. Then Mucedorus farewell my hoped joys farewell Yea farewell life and welcome present death She kneels To thee O God I yield my dying ghost Bre. Now Bremo play thy part How now what sudden chance is this My limbs do tremble and my sinews shake My unweakned Arms have lost their former force Ah Bremo Bremo what a foil hadst thou That yet at no time was afraid To dare the greatest Gods to fight with thee He strikes And now wants strength for one down driving blow Ah how my courage fails when I should strike Some new-come spirit abiding in my brest Saith spare her Bremo spare her do not kill Shall I spare her that never spared any To it Bremo to it say again I cannot wield my weapon in my hand Me thinks I should not strike so fair a one I think her beauty hath bewitcht my force Or else with me altred natures course Ay woman wilt thou live in woods with me Ama. Fain would I live yet loth to live in woods Br. Thou shalt not choose it shall be as I say And therefore follow me Exeunt Enter Mucedorus solus Muce. It was my will an hour ago and more As was my promise for to make return But other business hindred my pretence It is a world to see when men appoints And purposely on certain things decrees How many things may hinder his intent What one would wish the same is farthest off But yet th' appointed time cannot be past Nor hath her presence yet prevented me Well here I le stay and expect her coming They cry within hold him hold him Some one or other is pursu'd no doubt Perhaps some search for me t is good to doubt the worst Therefore I le be gone Exit Cry within hold him hold him Enter Mouse the Clown with a Pot. Clo. Hold him hold him hold him here 's a stir indeed here came hu after the Crier I was set close at mother Nips house and there I called for three pots of Ale as t is the manner of us Courtiers Now sirrah I had taken the maidenhead of two of them and as I was lifting up the third to my mouth there came hold him hold him now I could not tell whom to catch hold on but I am sure I caught one perchance a may be in this pot Well I le see mass I cannot see him yet