The True Chronicle of King Leir (King Lear and his Three Daughters) · chunk 25 of 43
Anonymous · published 1605 · first performed or written 1590 [c.1588-1594] (Annals) history · Queen Elizabeth's Men (?) unassigned nearest T46 Swords, quarrels and valour · 488 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T46: rapier, sword, fight, gentlemen, gentleman, kicked, kill, dagger, signor, valour.
I'll make you quake for something presently. Stand, Stand. We do, my friend, although with much ado. Deliver, deliver. Deliver us, good Lord, from such as he. You should have prayed before, while it was time, And then perhaps, you might have scaped my hands: But you, like faithful watchmen, fell asleep, The whilst I came and took your Halberds from you. And now you want your weapons of defence, How have you any hope to be delivered? This comes, because you have no better stay, But fall asleep, when you should watch and pray: My friend, thou seemst to be a proper man. 'sblood, how the old slave claws me by the elbow? He thinks, belike, to scape by scraping thus. And it may be, are in some need of money. That to be false, behold my evidence. If that I have will do thee any good, I give it thee, even with a right good will. Here, take mine too, & wish with all my heart, To do thee pleasure, it were twice as much. I'll none of them, they are too light for me. Why then farewell: and if thou have occasion In any thing, to use me to the Queen, 'Tis like enough that I can pleasure thee. Do you hear, do you hear, sir: If I had occasion to use you to the Queen, Would you do one thing for me I should ask? ay, any thing that lies within my power. Here is my hand upon it, so farewell. Hear you sir, hear you? pray, a word with you. methinks, a comely honest ancient man Should not dissemble with one for a vantage. I know, when I shall come to try this gear, You will recant from all that you have said. Mistrust not him, but try him when thou wilt: He is her father, therefore may do much. I know he is, and therefore mean to try him: You are his friend too, I must try you both. Prithee do, prithee do. Stay graybeards then, and prove men of your words: The Queen hath tied me by a solemn oath, Here in this place to see you both dispatched: Now for the safeguard of my conscience, Do me the pleasure for to kill yourselves: So shall you save me labour for to do it, And prove yourselves true old men of your words. And here I vow in sight of all the world, I ne'er will trouble you whilst I live again. Affright us not with terror, good my friend, Nor strike such fear into our aged hearts. Play not the Cat, which dallieth with the mouse; And on a sudden maketh her a prey: But if thou art marked for the man of death To me and to my Damion, tell me plain, That we may be prepared for the stroke, And make ourselves fit for the world to come.
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Ile make you quake for something presently. Stand, Stand. We do, my friend, although with much adoe. Deliuer, deliuer. Deliuer vs, good Lord, from such as he. You should haue prayed before, while it was time, And then perhaps, you might haue scapt my hands: But you, like faithfull watch-men, fell asleepe, The whilst I came and tooke your Halberds from you▪ And now you want your weapons of defence, How haue you any hope to be deliuered? This comes, because you haue no better stay, But fall asleepe, when you should watch and pray: My friend, thou seemst to be a proper man. Sblood, how the old slaue clawes me by the elbow? He thinks, belike, to scape by scraping thus. And it may be, are in some need of money. That to be false, behold my euidence. If that I haue will do thee any good, I giue it thee, euen with a right good will. Here, take mine too, & wish with all my heart, To do thee pleasure, it were twice as much. Ile none of them, they are too light for me. Why then farewell: and if thou haue occasion In any thing, to vse me to the Queene, 'Tis like ynough that I can pleasure thee. Do you heare, do you heare, sir: If I had occasion to vse you to the Queene, Would you do one thing for me I should aske? I, any thing that lyes within my power. Here is my hand vpon it, so farewell. Heare you sir, heare you? pray, a word with you. Me thinks, a comely honest ancient man Should not dissemble with one for a vantage. I know, when I shall come to try this geare, You will recant from all that you haue sayd. Mistrust not him, but try him when thou wilt: He is her father, therefore may do much. I know he is, and therefore meane to try him: You are his friend too, I must try you both. Prithy do, prithy do. Stay gray-beards then, and proue men of your words: The Queene hath tyed me by a solemne othe, Here in this place to see you both dispatcht: Now for the safegard of my conscience, Do me the pleasure for to kill your selues: So shall you saue me labour for to do it, And proue your selues true old men of your words. And here I vow in sight of all the world, I ne're will trouble you whilst I liue agayne. Affright vs not with terrour, good my friend, Nor strike such feare into our aged hearts. Play not the Cat, which dallieth with the mouse; And on a sudden maketh her a pray: But if thou art markt for the man of death To me and to my Damion, tell me playne, That we may be prepared for the stroke, And make our selues fit for the world to come.