Middleton, Thomas · published 1630 · first performed or written 1613 (Annals) comedy · Lady Elizabeth's Men · Swan unassigned nearest T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim · 474 words
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Yes sure I think I have her measure about me, good faith 'tis down, I cannot show't you, I must pull too many things out to be certain. Let me see, long, and slender, and neatly jointed, Just such another Gentlewoman that's your Daughter Sir. And therefore Sir no Gentlewoman. I protest I never saw two Maids handed more alike I'll ne'er seek farther, if you'll give me leave Sir. If you dare venture by her Finger Sir. ay, and I'll bide all loss Sir. Say you so Sir, let's see hither Girl. Shall I make bold with your finger Gentlewoman? Your pleasure Sir. That fits her to a hair Sir. What's your Posy now Sir? Mass that's true, Posy i'faith e'en thus Sir. Love that's wise, blinds parents' Eyes. How, how, If I may speak without offence Sir, I hold my life What Sir? Go too, you'll pardon me? Pardon you? I Sir. Will you i'faith? Yes faith I will. You'll steal away some Man's Daughter, am I near you? Do you turn aside? You Gentlemen are mad Wage, I wonder things can be so warily carried, and Parents blinded so, but they're served right that have two Eyes, and were so dull a fight. Thy doom take hold of thee. Tomorrow noon shall show your Ring well done. Being so 'tis soon, thanks, and your leave sweet Gentlewoman Sir you are welcome. O were I made of wishes, I went with thee. Come now we'll see how the rules go within. That robs my joy, there I lose all I win. Honesty wash my Eyes, I have spied a Wittol. What Davy Dahanna, welcome from North Wales i'faith, and is Sir Walter come? Now come to Town Sir. Into the Maid's sweet Davy, and give order his Chamber be made ready instantly, my Wife's as great as she can wallow Davy, and longs for nothing but pickled cucumbers, and his coming, and now she shall hait Boy. She's sure of them Sir. Thy very sight will hold my Wife in pleasure, till the Knight come himself. Goin, in, in Davy. The Founders come to Town, I am like a Man finding a Table furnished to his hand, as mine is still to me, prays for the Founder, bless the right Worshipful, the good founder's life. I thank him, h'as maintained my House this ten years, not only keeps my Wife, but a keeps me, and all my Family, I am at his Table, he gets me all my Children, and pays the Nurse, monthly, or weekly, puts me to nothing, rent, nor Church duties, not so much as the Scavenger, the happiest state that ever Man was borne to. I walk out in a morning, come to breakfast, Find excellent Cheer, a good Fire in Winter, Look in my Coal-house about Midsummer-eve,
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Yes ſure I thinke I haue her meaſure about me, good faith 'tis downe, I cannot ſhow't you, I muſt pull too many things out to be certaine. Let me ſee, long, and ſlender, and neatly ioynted, Iuſt ſuch another Gentlewoman that's your Daughter Sir. And therefore Sir no Gentlewoman. I proteſt I neuer ſaw two Maids handed more alike I'le nere ſeeke farther, if you'le giue me leaue Sir. If you dare venture by her Finger Sir. I, and I'le bide all loſſe Sir. Say you ſo Sir, let's ſee hether Girle. Shall I make bold with your finger Gentlewoman? Your pleaſure Sir. That fits her to a haire Sir. What's your Poſie now Sir? Maſſe that's true, Poſie I faith eene thus Sir. Loue that's wiſe, blinds Parents Eyes. How, how, If I may ſpeake without offence Sir, I hold my life What Sir? Goe too, you'le pardon me? Pardon you? I Sir. Will you I faith? Yes faith I will. You'le ſteale away ſome Mans Daughter, am I nere you? Doe you turne aſide? You Gentlemen are mad Wage, I wonder things can be ſo warily carried, and Parents blinded ſo, but the're ſerued right that haue two Eyes, and were ſo dull a fight. Thy doome take hold of thee. To morrow noone ſhall ſhew your Ring well done. Being ſo 'tis ſoone, thankes, and your leaue ſweet Gentlewoman Sir you are well-come. O were I made of wiſhes, I went with thee. Come now we'le ſee how the rules goe within. That robs my Ioy, there I looſe all I win. Honeſtie waſh my Eyes, I haue ſpy'd a Witall. What Dauy Dahanna, well-come from North Wales I faith, and is Sr Walter come? Now come to Towne Sir. Into the Mayds ſweet Dauy, and giue order his Chamber be made ready inſtantly, my Wife's as great as ſhe can wallow Dauy, and longs for nothing but pickled Coucombers, and his comming, and now ſhe ſhall ha'te Boy. She's ſure of them Sir. Thy verie ſight will hold my Wife in pleaſure, till the Knight come himſelfe. Goin, in, in Dauy. The Founders come to Towne, I am like a Man finding a Table furniſh't to his hand, as mine is ſtill to me, prayes for the Founder, bleſſe the right Worſhipfull, the good Founders life. I thanke him, h'as maintain'd my Houſe this ten yeeres, not onely keepes my Wife, but a keepes me, and all my Family, I am at his Table, he gets me all my Children, and payes the Nurſe, monthly, or weekely, puts me to nothing, rent, nor Church duties, not ſo much as the Scauenger, the happieſt ſtate that euer Man was borne to. I walke out in a morning, come to breake-faſt, Find excellent Cheere, a good Fier in Winter, Looke in my Coale-houſe about Midſommer-eeue,