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Post to the Duke before, and let him know The strangeness of the accident. Antonio: know that I ever held thy faith till now True to thy friend, and thought thou wouldst assist His misery, which thou hadst richly done If I had died. O honoured Lord, be these Your harmless attempts that you concealed With such a nice reservedness from your friend? Come good my Lord, let us repair to Court That now stands wondering at this strange report. My Head's in labour with a jest Master Constable, and I have a warrant to your authority to see me well delivered on't. I can drink Sack, and talk bawdy for a need, if it come within the compass of my Office. Why there be two ingredients then to the composition of a Midwife, and if you'll be ruled in the Action, we shall laugh and lie down, and have an excellent banquet at the delivery. Gi'me thy warrant then, and I'll serve it as greedily as a beggarly undersheriff does an Action of slander: But what is't? what is't boy? Faith sir, the common danger that haunts men of your place, fills Theatres, and gives many of your Landless Gallants their gilt Spurs, and their feathers. unshale it, unshale it, Why Sir, in sober City Italian, that man of little wit, less learning, and no honesty M. Damasippus the Stoic means this Evening with pure morality to— What sir? Cuckold you sir. Body o'me! that emblem of hypocrisy; he looks as cold and mortified as a Capon of a weeks killing. Hang him Lobster, he's as hot as a cock-sparrow, and as irreligious as as a Low-Country Lombard: he's good for nothing but that which men keep old Stallions for: he would have done rarely well after Deucalion's flood, or five hundred of 'em now for the new plantation— But i'faith I would be revenged on him. Revenged? I'll give up my shop to be revenged on him, turn Summer to plague him with Citations— And then out-bribe him, that he shall find no mercy i'th' bum-court. Or else I will be stern in my authority, set him in the Stocks, and set the Stocks at mine own door— Or else I would hire some Iew to make him factious, And then get him banished to Amsterdam to saw Brazill. Or hire a Witch to take away his Instrument of lust, and then he'll hang himself in his own girdle. Or get somebody to promise him some Books and a new Gown to deny the plurality of the gods, then inform against him, and go drunk to see him burned. Else I'll get him Carted, and lie with his wife the while. ay, and send him word of it when he is i'th' Cart. Some dreadful vengeance or other my offended Authority shall take on him. I protest I never mistrusted it. Alas no; I knew you were a true Cuckold innocent. A Cuckold innocent: what's that?
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Poſte to the Duke before, and let him know The ſtrangeneſſe of the accident. Antonio: know that I ever held thy faith till now True to thy friend, and thought thou wouldſt aſſiſt His miſerie, which thou hadſt richly done If I had dyed. O honour'd Lord, be theſe Your harmeleſſe attempts that you conceal'd With ſuch a nice reſerv'dneſſe from your friend? Come good my Lord, let us repaire to Court That now ſtands wondring at this ſtrange report. My Head's in labour with a jeſt Maſter Conſtable, and I have a warrant to your authoritie to ſee me well deliver'd on't. I can drinke Sack, and talke bawdy for a need, if it come within the compaſſe of my Office. Why there be two ingredients then to the compoſition of a Midwife, and if you'll be rul'd in the Action, wee ſhall laugh and lie downe, and have an excellent banquet at the delivery. Gi'me thy warrant then, and Ile ſerve it as greedily as a beggarly Vnderſherife does an Action of ſlander: But what is't? what is't boy? Faith ſir, the common danger that haunts men of your place, fils Theaters, and gives many of your Landleſſe Gallants their gilt Spurres, and their feathers. Vnſhale it, unſhale it, Why Sir, in ſober City Italian, that man of little wit, leſſe learning, and no honeſty M. Damaſippus the Stoick meanes this Evening with pure moralitie to— What ſir? Cuckold you ſir. Body o'mee! that embleme of hypocriſie; hee lookes as cold and mortifi'd as a Capon of a weekes killing. Hang him Lobſter, hee's as hot as a Cockſparrow, and as irreligious as as a Low-Countrey Lombard: Hee's good for nothing but that which men keepe old Stallions for: he would have done rarely well after Deucalions flood, or five hundred of 'hem now for the new plantation—But i'faith I would bee reveng'd on him. Reveng'd? I'll give up my ſhop to be reveng'd on him, turne Summer to plague him with Citations— And then out-bribe him, that hee ſhall finde no mercy i'th Bumme-Court. Or elſe I will be ſterne in my authoritie, ſet him in the Stocks, and ſet the Stocks at mine owne doore— Or elſe I would hire ſome Iew to make him factious, And then get him baniſh'd to Amſterdam to ſaw Brazill. Or hire a Witch to take away his Inſtrument of luſt, and then he'll hang himſelfe in his owne girdle. Or get ſome body to promiſe him ſome Bookes and a new Gowne to deny the plurality of the gods, then informe againſt him, and goe drunke to ſee him burnt. Elſe Ile get him Carted, and lye with his wife the while. I, and ſend him word of it when he is i'th Cart. Some dreadfull vengeance or other my offended Authority ſhall take on him. I proteſt I never miſtruſted it. Alas no; I knew you were a true Cuckold innocent. A Cuckold innocent: what's that?