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A pleasant conceyted comedie of George a Greene, the pinner of VVakefield As it was sundry times acted by the seruants of the right Honourable the Earle of Sussex.; George a Greene (Play)
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Greene, Robert, 1558?-1592, attributed name.
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1599
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STC 12212; ESTC S105826
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A PLEASANT CONCEYTED COmedie of George a Greene the Pinner of VVakefield As it was sundry times acted by the seruants of the right Honourable the Earle of Sussex Imprinted at London by Simon Stafford for Cuthbert Burby And are to be sold at his shop neere the Royall Exchange 1599 A pleasant conceyted Comedie of George a Greene the Pinner of Wakefield Enter the Earle of Kendall with him the Lord Bonfild Sir Gilbert Armestrong and Iohn Earle of Kendall WElcome to Bradford martiall gentlemen L. Bonfild sir Gilbert Armstrong both And all my troups euē to my basest groome Courage and welcome for the day is ours Our cause is good it is for the lands auayle Then let vs fight and dye for Englands good Omnes We will my Lord Kendall As I am Henrie Momford Kendals Earle You honour me with this assent of yours And here vpon my sword I make protest For to relieue the poore or dye myselfe And know my Lords that Iames the King of Scots Warres hard vpon the borders of this land Here is his Post say Iohn Taylour What newes with King Iames Iohn Warre my Lord tell and good newes I trow For king Iame vowes to meete you the 26. of this month God willing marie doth he sir Kendall My friends you see what we haue to winne Well Iohn commend me to king Iames And tell him I will meete him the 26. of this month And all the rest and so farewell Exit Iohn Bonfild why standst thou as a man in dumps Courage for if I winne I le make thee Duke I Henry Momford will be King my selfe And I will make thee Duke of Lancaster And Gilbert Armestrong Lord of Doncaster Bonfild. Nothing my Lord makes me amazde at all But that our souldiers findes our victuals scant We must make hauocke of those countrey Swaynes For so will the rest tremble and be afraid And humbly send prouision to your campe Gilb. My Lord Bonfild giues good aduice They make a scorne and stand vpon the King So what is brought is sent from them perforce Aske Mannering else Kend. What sayest thou Mannering Man When as I shew'd your high commission They made this answere Onely to send prouision for your horses Kend. Well hye thee to Wakefield bid the Towne To send me all prouision that I want Least I like martiall Tamberlaine lay waste Their bordering Countries And leauing none aliue that contradicts my Commission Man Let me alone my Lord I le make them Vayle their plumes for whatsoere he be The proudest Knight Iustice or other that gaynsayeth Your word He clap him fast to make the rest to feare Kend. Doe so Nick hye thee thither presently And let vs heare of thee againe to morrowe Man Will you not remooue my Lord Kend. No I will lye at Bradford all this night And all the next come Bonfield let vs goe And listen out some bonny lasses here Exeunt omnes Enter the Iustice a Townesman George a Greene and Sir Nicholas Mannering with his Commission Iustice. M. Mannering stand aside whilest we conferre What is best to doe Townesmen of Wakefield the Earle of Kendall Here hath sent for victuals And in ayding him we shewe our selues No lesse than traytours to the King Therefore let me heare Townesmen What is your consents Townes Euen as you please we are all content Iustice. Then M. Mannering we are resolu'd Man As howe Iustice. Marrie sir thus We will send the Earle of Kendall no victuals Because he is a traytour to the King And in ayding him we shewe our selues no lesse Man Why men of Wakefield are you waxen madde That present danger cannot whet your wits Wisely to make prouision of your selues The Earle is thirtie thousand men strong in power And what towne so euer him resist He layes it flat and leuell with the ground Ye silly men you seeke your owne decay Therefore send my Lord such prouision as he wants So he will spare your towne and come no neerer Wakefield then he is Iustice. Master Mannering you haue your answere You may be gone Man Well Woodroffe for so I gesse is thy name I le make thee curse thy ouerthwart deniall And all that sit vpon the bench this day Shall rue the houre they haue withstood my Lords Commission Iustice. Doe thy worst we feare thee not Man See you these seales before you passe the towne I will haue all things my Lord doth want Inspite of you George a Greene Proud dapper Iacke vayle bonnet to The bench That represents the person of the King Or sirra I le lay thy head before thy feete Man Why who art thou George Why I am George a Greene True liegeman to my King Who scornes that men of such esteeme as these Should brooke the braues of any trayterous squire You of the bench and you my fellowe friends Neighbours we subiects all vnto the King We are English borne and therefore Edwards friends Voude vnto him euen in our mothers wombe Our mindes to God our hearts vnto our King Our wealth our homage and our carcases Be all King Edwards then sirra we haue Nothing left for traytours but our swordes Whetted to bathe them in your bloods And dye against you before we send you any victuals Iustice. Well spoken George a Greene Townes Pray let George a Greene speake for vs George Sirra you get no victuals here Not if a hoofe of beefe would saue your liues Man Fellowe I stand amazde at thy presumption Why what art thou that darest gaynsay my Lord Knowing his mighty puissance and his stroke Why my friend I come not barely of my selfe For see I haue a large Commission George Let me see it sirra Whose seales be these Man This is the Earle of Kendals seale at armes This Lord Charnel Bonfields And this sir Gilbert Armestrongs George I tell thee sirra did good King Edwards sonne Seale a commission against the King his father Thus would I teare it in despite of him He teares the Commission Being traytour to my Soueraigne Man What hast thou torne my Lord Commission Thou shalt rue it and so shall all Wakefield George What are you in choler I will giue you pilles To coole your stomacke Seest thou these seales Now by my fathers soule which was a yeoman When he was aliue eate them Or eate my daggers poynt proud squire Man But thou doest but iest I hope George Sure that shall you see before we two part Man Well and there be no remedie so George One is gone I pray thee no more nowe George O sir if one be good the others cannot hurt So sir nowe you may goe tell the Earle of Kendall Although I haue rent his large Commission Yet of curtesie I haue sent all his seales Backe againe by you Man Well sir I will doe your arrant Exit George Nowe let him tell his Lord that he hath Spoke with George a Greene Right pinner of merrie Wakefield towne That hath phisicke for a foole Pilles for a traytour