Day, John · published 1606 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T8 Captains, gallants and cheats · 493 words
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A prize, a prize, rare work for Fencers. What coward would not venture a cracked crown for such a booty? To that intent our Island is fenced in By sea and Land, and at each corner built A Castle for defence, which like great men Do overlook Archadea: over which, We have appointed Captains. More to desire, Is more than we are willing to discover. Well then sister, I see we must to haphazard for husbands. God send me one with a good face and I care not. Love and be thy will, send me one with a fair table in his forehead, like Time. Nay, and his face be good, let me alone to trick his forehead, a country-gentlewoman taught me how: But father I wonder how you dare undertake such a peremptory challenge against all comers, considering you have been so long troubled with an Ague. An ague? what ague? Why your quotidian, Dametas the Court surfeit, he that dwells in your eye, like a disease in your blood. And the Presence were not exceeding empty-stomached, it would never digest such Almes-basket-scraps, the very fall & garbage of gentry; fie upon him, he becomes the great chamber worse than a Gentleman-usher with wry legs. He is the most misshapen suit of gentility that ever the Court wore. Had he not been of my father's own making, I should ha' condemned his tailor for an exceeding butcher. If you retain the love of children, or the duty of subjects, express it in your obedience, we know Dametas loves us. As Captains and Courtiers do old widows, for profit and preferment. In sign whereof we make him. Nay, you have bestowed too much of the making of him up already. The very making of him up, has stood you in more than the whole our sides worth. In my free thoughts you wrong him, therefore to express our love, and to give the world public note of his loyalty, we create him your Guardian. How father, my Guardian. I minion, yours. Do you hear father, bid him bespeak Spectacles, for my fingers have vowed to have a blind match with his eyes. Well said Haggart, I'll make your proud heart stoop to the lure of obedience. But come, by this time our challenge is published, and our gallants wits sweating in the field of Invention, and it behoves us not to rest unexercised. So to our lodge, in the mean time be it known, Our breath has power to raise, or cast men down. Now Captain Observation, Time's bawd, thou that hast kept the age's door, whilst upstart baseness crept into the bed of greatness, what dost thou think of this change? That it pleased the Duke, and becomes not subjects to examine his actions. That's no part of my meaning, yet would I gladly be better instructed why the Duke broke up his Court in Archadea, and removed it into this Island?
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A prize, a prize, rare worke for Fencers. What coward would not venter a crackt crowne for ſuch a bootie? To that intent our Iland is fenc't in By ſea and Land, and at each corner built A Caſtle for defence, which like great men Doe ouer-looke Archadea: ouer which, We haue appointed Captaines. More to deſire, Is more then we are willing to diſcouer. Well then ſiſter, I ſee we muſt to hap-hazard for husbands. God ſend me one with a good face and I care not. Loue and be thy will, ſend mee one with a fayre table in his forhead, like Time. Nay, and his face be good, let mee alone to tricke his forehead, a country-gentlewoman taught me how: But father I wonder how you dare vndertake ſuch a peremptory challenge againſt all cōmers, conſidering you haue beene ſo long troubled with an Ague. An ague? what ague? VVhy your quotidian, Dametas the Court ſurfet, hee that dwells in your eye, like a diſeaſe in your blood. And the Preſence were not exceeding empty-ſtomackt, it would neuer diſgeſt ſuch Almes-basket-ſcraps, the very fall & garbidge of gentry; fie vpon him, he becomes the great chamber worſe then a Gentleman-vſher with wry legges. He is the moſt miſhapen ſute of gentility that euer the Court wore. Had hee not beene of my fathers owne making, I ſhould ha condemnd his taylor for an exceeding botcher. If you retaine the loue of children, or the dutie of ſubiects, expreſſe it in your obedience, we know Dametas loues vs. As Captaines and Courtiers do old widdowes, for profit and preferment. In ſigne whereof we make him. Nay, you haue beſtowed too much of the making of him vp already. The very making of him vp, has ſtood you in more then the whole our ſides worth. In my free thoughts you wrong him, therefore to expreſſe our loue, and to giue the world publique note of his loyaltie, we create him your Gardian. How father, my Gardian. I mynion, yours. Doe you heare father, bid him beſpeake Spectacles, for my fingers haue vowd to haue a blind match with his eyes. Well ſaid Haggart, Ile make your proud hart ſtoope to the lure of obedience. But come, by this time our challenge is publiſht, and our gallants wits ſweating in the fielde of Inuention, and it behoues vs not to reſt vnexerciſed. So to our lodge, in the meane time be it knowne, Our breath has power to raiſe, or caſt men downe. Now Captaine Obſeruation, times bawde, thou that haſt kept the Ages doore, whilſt vp-ſtart baſenes crept into the bedde of greatneſſe, what dooſt thou thinke of this change? That it pleaſd the Duke, and becomes not ſubiects to examine his actions. Thats no part of my meaning, yet would I gladly be better inſtructed why the Duke broke vp his Court in Archadea, and remoued it into this Iland?