Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (1 of 10) - the Custom of the Country by John Fletcher;Francis Beaumont
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But musick and sweet ayres, now fetch your Daughter,
And bid the coy wench put on all her beauties, All her enticements, out-blush damask Roses, And dim the breaking East with her bright Crystals. I am all on fire, away. _Char_. And I am frozen. [_Exit_. _Enter_ Zenocia _with Bow and Quiver, an Arrow bent_, Arnoldo _and_ Rutilio _after her, arm'd_. _Zen_. Come fearless on. _Rut_. Nay an I budge from thee Beat me with durty sticks. _Clod_. What Masque is this? What pretty fancy to provoke me high? The beauteous Huntress, fairer far, and sweeter; Diana shewes an Ethiop to this beauty Protected by two Virgin Knights. _Rut_. That's a lye, A loud one, if you knew as much as I do, The Guard's dispers'd. _Arn_. Fortune I hope invites us. _Clod_. I can no longer hold, she pulls my heart from me. |
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