A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3Reeves and Turner, 1874 - English drama |
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ACTUS ALYFACE anon AVARICE BAILY better bridle canst chad cham chill chould Christian Custance Cock Collier cometh dame Chat Dame Custance devil DICCON DOCTOR RAT dost doth DOUGH faith farewell fool Gammer Gurton Gammer Gurton's Needle Gawin Goodluck gear God's Gog's GOSPEL groat Hance hath hear heart hither HODGE honour knave lady Lord lout maketh Marry maship mass Master Doctor Master Lust MATTHEW MERRYGREEK MERRY mind mirth Mistress Custance MUMBL nee'le never Nichol Newfangle PERV Perverse Doctrine Philip Fleming pleasure pray thee Ralph Roister Doister saith Sapience SCENA sing Sith soul speak sure Suresby swear TALK tarry tell thine thing thou art thou hast thou shalt Tibet Tom Collier Tosspot Treasure Trilla trow TRUEPENNY trust Tush unto virtuous Wherefore whoreson wise woman word yond
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Page 91 - That ye be worthy favour of no living man ; To be abhorred of every honest man. To be taken for a woman inclined to vice ; Nothing at all to virtue giving her due price. Wherefore, concerning marriage, ye are thought Such a fine paragon as ne'er honest man bought.
Page 100 - I will be all sad When ye are sorry ; I -will be very glad When ye seek your heart's ease; I will be unkind At no time; in me shall ye much gentleness find. But all things contrary to your will and mind Shall be done otherwise; I will not be behind To speak; and as for all them that would do you wrong (I will so help and maintain ye) shall not live long. Nor any foolish dolt shall cumber you; but I I, whoe'er say nay, will stick by you till I die.
Page 150 - Strike in their numb'd and mortified bare arms Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary ; And with this horrible object, from low farms, Poor pelting villages, sheep-cotes, and mills, Sometime with lunatic bans, sometime with prayers, Enforce their charity.
Page 55 - What creature is in health, either young or old, But some mirth with modesty will be glad to use? As we in this Interlude shall now unfold, Wherein all scurrility we utterly refuse, Avoiding such mirth wherein is abuse...
Page 101 - Alas, would ye wish in me the wit that ye have ? But as for my fault I can quickly amend, I will show Custance it was I that did offend. R. Roister. By so doing her anger may be reformed. M . Mery. But if by no entreaty she will be turned, Then set light by her and be as testy as she, 520 And do your force upon her with extremity.
Page 92 - I will keep ye right well from good raiment and fare ; Ye shall not be kept but in sorrow and care. Ye shall in no wise live at your own liberty ; Do and say what...
Page 170 - And Tib, my wife, that as her life . Loveth well good ale to seek, Full oft drinks she till ye may see The tears run down her cheek : Then doth she trowl to me the bowl Even as a maltworm should, And saith, ' Sweetheart, I took my part Of this jolly good ale and old.
Page 91 - Yes. M. Mery. But I would not tell all ; for faith, if I had, With you, dame Custance, ere this hour it had been bad, And not without cause : for this goodly personage Meant no less than to join with you in marriage.
Page 131 - That each body live uprightly all manner ways; For let never so little a gap be open, And be sure of this, the worst shall be spoken. How innocent stand I in this for deed or thought, 5 And yet see what mistrust towards me it hath wrought! But thou, Lord, knowest all folks' thoughts and eke intents, And thou art the deliverer of all innocents.
Page 128 - Warneth me to you to show fidelity. It may be well enough, and I wish it so to be, She may herself discharge and try her honesty. Yet their claim to her methought was very large, For with letters, rings and tokens, they did her charge.