A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Various
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too much by his favour; mary no more then he does all the rest of his
wordes; with whose multiplicity often times he travailes himselfe out of all good company. _Iack_. Like enough; he travaild for nothing else. _Will_. But what qualities haunt Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_ now Sir. _Bul_. Sir _Gyles Goosecap_ has always a deathes head (as it were) in his mouth, for his onely one reason for everything is, because we are all mortall; and therefore he is generally cald the mortall Knight; then hath he another pretty phrase too, and that is, he will "tickle the vanity ant" still in everything; and this is your _Summa totalis_ of both their virtues. _Ia_. Tis enough, tis enough, as long as they have land enough, but now muster your third person afore us I beseech you. _Bul_. The third person and second Knight, blunt Sir _Cutt Rudesby_, is indeed blunt at a sharpe wit, and sharpe at a blunt wit; a good bustling Gallant, talkes well at Rovers; he is two parts souldier; as slovenlie as a Switzer, and somewhat like one in face too; for he weares a bush beard, will dead a Cannan shot better then a wool-packe: he will come into the presence like yor _Frenchman_ in foule bootes, and dares eat Garlike as a preparative to his Courtship. You shall know more of him hereafter; but, good wags, let me winne you now for the Geographicall parts of your Ladies in requitall. _Will_. That you shall Sir, and the Hydrographicall too and you will; first my Lady the widowe, and Countes _Eugenia_, is in earnest, a most |
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