Anonymous · published 1609 · first performed or written 1607 [1599-1608] (Annals) comedy · Children of the King's Revels unassigned nearest T41 Household service: masters, doors and po · 487 words
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I'll warrant thee i'll manage it with as good judgement as a Constable his charge. And I mine as a watchman his office. Better I hope: well about it. There, there, my little lackey boys, give the word as ye pass, look about to my guests there, score up at the Bar there; again, again my fine Mercuries; if you'll live in the faculty, be ruled by instructions: you must be eyed like a Sergeant, an ear like a Belfounder, your conscience a Schoolmaster, a knee like a Courtier: a fool like a Lackey, and a tongue like a Lawyere, away, away, my brave bullies: welcome sweet signor, I cannot bow to thy knee. I'm as stout & as stiff as a new made knight, but if I say the word mine Host bids the Cobbler— May I crave a word of you mine Host? Thou shalt, whisper in mine ear, I will see and say little, what I say, duns the mouse & welcome my bullies. By the torrid zone (sweet heart) I have thought well of you ever since I loved ye, as a man would say (like a young dancer out of all measure) if it please you i'faith, any thing I have promised you, i'll perform it to a hair, ere to morrow night. I wonder I can hear no news of my man and my puppy. Do you think sweet heart, to be married by day light or by torchlight. By night is more Ladylike, i'll have a crier to cry my puppy sure. What think ye if we had an offering? That were most base i'faith. Base, slid I cannot tell, if it were as base as a sag but i'll be sworn 'tis as common as a whore, 'tis even as common to see a Basin at the Church door as a box at a Playhouse. It grieves me not so much for my man, as for my puppy, my man can shift for himself, but my poor puppy, truly I think I must take Physic even for fear sweet heart. Tut, tut, I warrant thee, i'll be as close as a bawd, i'll keep mine own counsel, be merry and close, merry heart lives long, let my guests take no wrong, & welcome my bully. There's none meant believe it sir. signor, by the welk in well met, what, all three so luckily? Gallants, saving the Ceremony, Struck your hair up and admire, for swear sack. Forswear Sack, slid not for the spending of two farms more, if they were come into my hands once, I say be astonished, and forswear sack, for by the combustion influence of sack five men lie breathless, ready to be folded in the terrestial element. Five slain with Sack, is't possible? These eyes are testators. Nay then 'tis so. Sir, you have not heard of a puppy in your travels. No, indeed, Gentlewoman.
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Ile warrant thee ile manage it with as good iudgement as a Conſtable his charge. And I mine as a watchman his office. Better I hope: well about it. There, there, my little lackey boyes, giue the word as ye paſſe, look about to my gueſts there, ſcore vp at the Bar there; again, agen my fine Mercuries; if youle liue in the facultie, be rulde by inſtructions: you muſt bee eyed like a Serieant, an eare like a Belfounder, your conſcience a Schoolemaiſter, a knee like a Courtier: a foole like a Lackey, and a tongue like a Lawyere, away, away, my braue bullies: welcome ſweete Signior, I cannot bow to thy knee. I'me as ſtout & as ſtiff as a new made knight, but if I ſay the word mine Hoſt bids the Cobler— May I craue a word of you mine Hoſt? Thou ſhalt, whiſper in mine eare, I will ſee and ſay little, what I ſay, dūs the mouſe & welcom my bullies. By the torrid zone (ſweet heart) I haue thought well of you euer ſince I loued ye, as a man wold ſay (like a young dauncer out of all meaſure) if it pleaſe you yfaith, any thing I haue promiſed you, ile performe it to a haire, ere to morrow night. I wounder I can heare no newes of my man and my puppie. Doe you thinke ſweet heart, to be maried by day light or by torch-light. By night is more Lady-like, ile haue a cryer to crie my puppie ſure. What thinke ye if we had an offering? That were moſt baſe yfaith. Baſe, ſlid I cannot tel, if it were as baſe as a ſag but ile be ſworne tis as common as a whore, tis euen as common to ſee a Baſon at the Church doore as a box at a Playhouſe. It greeues me not ſo much for my man, as for my puppie, my man can ſhift for himſelfe, but my poor puppie, truely I thinke I muſt take Phiſicke euen for feare ſweete heart. Tut, tut, I warrant thee, ile be as cloſe as a bawd, ile keepe mine owne counſell, be merrie and cloſe, merrie hart liues long, let my gueſts take no wrong, & welcome my bullie. Theres none ment beleeue it ſir. Signior, by the welk in well met, what, all three ſo luckely? Gallants, ſauing the Ceremonie, Stroke your haire vp and admire, for ſweare ſacke. Forſweare Sacke, ſlid not for the ſpending of two farmes more, if they were come into my hands once, I ſay be aſtoniſht, and forſweare ſacke, for by the cumbuſtion influence of ſacke fiue men lye breathleſſe, ready to be folded in the terreſtiall element. Fiue ſlaine with Sacke, iſt poſſible? Theſe eyes are teſtators. Nay then tis ſo. Sir, you haue not heard of a puppie in your trauels. No, indeed, Gentlewoman.