Day, John · published 1606 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour · 488 words
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Lisander and Demetrius, stand close, of my life we are come to the birth of some notable knavery. How blows the winds of our hopes? Fair to the point of our expectation, I have made away the Duke and the Dutch. How made away them? poisoned them. with a confection of love, which I have so tempered with fair promises, as their minds are in loves heaven already: Videlicet in Adonis bower, where this evening I have given 'em my word to meet 'em; but I have so cast it, that Manasses shall meet 'em in my steed. 'twill be a rare scene of mirth, to hear what costly discourse the i'll bestow upon the fool in thy outside. Do you hear that. yes, thank love and my ears, but list the conclusion. I have cleared the way to Violetta, but what order hast thou ta'en, with thy burbolts: Dameta, Myso, and amorous Mopso. shot 'em away, at three several marks, yet so conveyed it that in the end they shall all meet at Adonis' chapel. This project cannot but bring forth some notable deceit. My hopes should want of thyer will, and it do not. Now we have made a smooth passage to our escape, how shall convey our lover out of the Island. I have determined of that sir, and better to effect, my boy this time hast cast such a bait of knavery to the two Captains, Kalader and Philinax, as we may pass without suspicion. But how for transportation. I am furnished of that to, you remember the two Lacedemon intelligencers Now what of us. Hold my life, we shall be put in this scene of gullery. Oh in any case. For the love of Cupid do, inquiries past, let's take our entrance, and pass over the stage like mules, to furnish out a show. And see occasion like a kind wench presents 'em in the very instant my honest friends welcome, have you not your dispatch with a letter to Lacedaemon. Madam we have, and stay only to take our leaves of your Ladyship, and know what service your honour will command. you have my thanks, for the truth is, I must commit business of much import unto your trust, and to prevent much circumstances take my word, you are not ignorant of the Kings general challenge. About his daughters. you understand me, with these few crowns receive my mind which is to convey the 2, ladies whom we in these disguises have won to Lacedaemon, were we but confirmed of your of estates. we'll give your sufficient assurance of that and the princesses themselves shall confirm it. we crave no better madam, but shall we not ha' yours honours company. No: having brought them aboard, we'll make return to the Duke, to let him understand we stole not our prizes but won them manfully at the point of wit. A noble resolution.
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Liſander and Demetrius, ſtand cloſe, of my life we are come to the birth of ſome notable knauery. How blowes the winds of our hopes? Fayr to the point of our expectlicion, I haue made away the Duke and the Dutch. How made away them? poyſond them. with a confection of loue, which I haue ſo tempred with fair promices, as theyr minds are in loues heauen already: Ʋidelicet in Adonis bower, wher this euening I haue giuen em my word to meet em; but I haue ſo caſt it, that Manaſſes ſhall meete em in my ſteede. Twil be a rare ſcean of myrth, to hear what coſtly diſcours the ile beſtow vpon the foole in thy outſide. Do you heare that. yes, thanke loue and my eares, but liſt the concluſion. I haue cleard the way to Violetta, but what order haſt thou tane, with thy burbolts: Dameta, Myſo, and amorous Mopſo. ſhot em away, at three ſeuerall markes, yet ſo conueyd it that in the end they ſhall all meet at Adonis chappell. This proiect cannot but bring forth ſome notable deceipt. My hopes ſhould want of thyer will, and it do not. Now we haue made a ſmooth paſſage to our eſcape, how ſhall conuey our louer out of the Iland. I haue determined of that ſir, and better to effect, my boy this time haſt caſt ſuch a bait of knauery to the two Captaines, Kalader and Philinax, as we may paſſe without ſuſpition. But how for tranſportation. I am furniſht of that to, you remember the two Lacedemou intelligencers Now what of vs. Hold my life, we ſhall be put in this ſcean of gullery. Oh in any caſe. For the loue of Cupid do, iniquiris paſt, lets take our entrance, and paſſe ouer the ſtage like mues, to furniſh out a ſhowe. And ſee occaſion like a kind wench preſents em in the very inſtant my honeſt friends welcome, haue you not your diſpatch with a letter to Lacedemon. Madam we haue, and ſtay onely to take our leaues of your Ladiſhip, and know what ſeruice your honor will command. you haue my thankes, for the truth is, I muſt commit buſineſſe of much import vnto your truſt, and to preuent much circumſtances take my word, you are not ignorant of the Kings generall challenge. About his daughters. you vnderſtand me, with theſe few crowns receiue my mind which is to conuey the 2, ladies whome we in theſe diſguiſes haue woon to Lacedemon, were we but confirmd of your of eſtates. wele giue your ſufficient aſſurance of that and the princeſſes themſelues ſhall confirme it. we craue no better madam, but ſhall we not ha yours honors company. No: hauing brought them abord, weele make returne to the Duke, to let him vnderſtand we ſtole not our prizes but woon them manfully at the point of wit. A noble reſolution.