A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Unknown
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_Scri_. I have.
_Fall_. Then theres two Duckets for your paines. _Scri_. Thankes, gentle sir, and for this time farewell. [_Exit_. _Sost_. Come pretty coozen, cozened by grim death Of thy most carefull parents all too soone; Weepe not, sweete boye, thou shalt have cause to say, Thy Aunt was kinde, though parents lye in claye. _Pert_. But give me leave first to lament the losse, Of my deere parents, nature bindeth me, To waile the death of those that gave me life, And if I live untill I be a man, I will erect a sumptuous monument, And leave remembrance to ensuing times Of kind _Pandino_ and _Armenia_. _Allen_. That shall not neede; my father will erect That sad memoriall of their timeles[5] death, And at that tombe we will lament and say Soft lye the bones of faire _Armenia_. _Fall_. Surcease,_ Allenso_; thats a booteless cost, The Will imports no such iniunction: I will not spend my little Nephewes wealth, In such vaine toyes; they shall have funerall, But with no stately ceremoniall pompe, |
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