Anonymous · published 1606 · first performed or written 1602 [1601-1602] (Annals) comedy · Unknown unassigned nearest T32 Rings and jewels as tokens · 523 words
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And bear her this from me: And with this ring bid her receive my heart. My heart? alas, my heart I cannot give, How should I give her that which is her own? An your heart be hers, her heart is yours, And so change is no robbery. Well, I'll give her your tokens, and tell her what ye say. Do, good Nurse: but in any case let not my father know that I am here, until we have effected all our purposes. I'll warrant you, I will not play with you, As Master Churms does with Sophos, I would ha' my ears cut from my head first. Come Sophos, cheer up yourself Let hope expel these melancholy dumps, meanwhile, let's in, Expecting how the events of this device will fall, Until tomorrow at th'appointed time, When we'll expect the coming of your love. What, man, I'll work it through the fire, But you shall have her. And I will study to deserve this love. Look on me, and look of Master Churms, A good proper man: Marry Master Churms has something a better pair of legs indeed: But for a sweet face, a fine beard, comely corpse, And a carousing Codpiece, All England if it can Show me such a man, To win a wench by gis, To clip, to coll, to kiss As William Cricket is. Why, look you now: If I had been such a great long, large, Lobcocked, loseled lurden, as Master Churms is; I'll warrant you, I should never have got Peg, as long as I had lived: for (do you mark) a wench will never love a man that has all his substance in his legs. But stay: here comes my Landlord, I must go salute him. Come hither Peter, when didst thou see Robin Goodfellow? he's the man must do the feat. Faith father, I see him not this two days; but I'll seek him out: for I know he'll do the deed, and she were twenty Lelia's. For father he's a very cunning man: for, give him but ten groats, and he'll give me a powder, that will make Lelia come to bed to me: And when I have her there: I'll use her well enough. Will he so? Marry, I will give him vorty shillings, if he can do it. Nay, he'll do more than that too, For he'll make himself like a devil; and fray the Scholar that hankers about her, out on's wits. Marry Iesus bless us: will he so? Marry thou shalt have vorty shillings to give him, and thy mother shall bestow a hard cheese on him beside. Landlord, a pox on you, this good morn. How now fool? what, dost curse me? How now fool? how now Caterpillar? It's a sign of Dearth, when such Vermin creep hedges so early of morning. Sirrah, Foul manners, do you know to whom you speak? Indeed Peter, I must confess I want some of your wooing manners, or else I might have turned my fair bush tail to you instead of your father: and have given you the ill salutation this morning.
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And beare her this from me: And with this ring bid her receiue my heart. My heart? alas, my heart I cannot giue, How ſhould I giue her that which is her owne? An your heart be hers, her heart is yours, And ſo change is no robberie. Well, Ile giue her your tokens, and tell her what yee ſay. Do, good Nurſe: but in any caſe let no my father know that I am here, vntill we haue effected all our purpoſes. Ile warrant you, I wil not play with you, As Maſter Churms does with Sophos, I would ha my eares cut from my head firſt. Come Sophos, cheare vp your ſelfeman, Let hope expell theſe melancholie dumps▪ Meane while, lets in, Expecting how the euents of this deuiſe wil fall, Vntill to morrow at th'appointed time, When weele expect the comming of your loue. What, man, Ile worke it through the fire, But you ſhall haue her. And I wil ſtudy to deſerue this loue. Looke on me, and looke of Maſter Churms, A good proper man: Marrie Maſter Churms has ſomething a better paire of legs indeede: But for a ſweet face, a fine beard, comely corps, And a Carowſing Codpeece, All England if it can Show mee ſuch a man, To win a wench by gis, To clip, to coll, to kiſſe As William Cricket is. Why, looke you now: If I had been ſuch a great long, large, Lobcockt, loſeld lurden, as Maſter Churms is; Ile warrant you, I ſhould neuer haue got Pegge, as long as I had liu'd: for (do you marke) a wench will neuer loue a man that has al his ſubſtance in his legges. But ſtay: here comes my Landlord, I muſt go ſalute him. Come hither Peter, when didſt thou ſee Robin Goodfellow? Hees the man muſt do the feate. Faith father, I ſee him not this two daies; but Ile ſeeke him out: for I know heele do the deed, and were twentie Lelias. For father hees a verie cunning man: for, giue him but ten groates, and heele giue me a powder, that will make Lelia come to bed to me: And when I haue her there: Ile vſe her well ynough. Will he ſo? Marrie, I will giue him vortie ſhillings, if he can do it. Nay, heele do more then that too, For heele make himſelfe like a diuell; and fray the Scholler that hankers about her, out ons wits. Marrie Ieſus bleſſe vs: will hee ſo? Marrie thou ſhalt haue vortie ſhillings to giue him, and thy mother ſhall beſtow a hard cheeſe on him beſide. Landlord, a pox on you, this good morne. How now foole? what, doſt curſe me? How now foole? how now Caterpiller? Its a ſigne of Dearth, when ſuch Vermine creepe hedges ſo early of morning. Sirra, Foule manners, do you know to whome you ſpeake? Indeed Peter, I muſt confeſſe I want ſome of your wooing manners, or elſe I might haue tournde my faire buſh tayle to you inſtead of your father: and haue giuen you the ill ſalutation this morning.