The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher - Volume 2 of 10: Introduction to the Elder Brother by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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_Enter_ Brisac, Lewis.
_Bri._ What, _Andrew_? welcome; where's my _Charles_? speak, _Andrew_, where did'st thou leave thy Master? _And._ Contemplating the number of the Sands in the Highway, and from that, purposes to make a Judgment of the remainder in the Sea: he is, Sir, in serious study, and will lose no minute, nor out of's pace to knowledge. _Lew._ This is strange. _And._ Yet he hath sent his duty, Sir, before him in this fair Manuscript. _Bri._ What have we here? Pot-hooks and Andirons! _And._ I much pity you, it is the Syrian Character, or the Arabick. Would you have it said, so great and deep a Scholar as Mr _Charles_ is, should ask blessing in any Christian Language? Were it Greek I could interpret for you, but indeed I'm gone no farther. _Bri._ And in Greek you can lie with your smug Wife _Lilly_. _And_. If I keep her from your French Dialect, as I hope I shall, Sir; however she is your Landress, she shall put you to the charge of no more Soap than usual for th'washing of your Sheets. _Bri_. Take in the Knave, and let him eat. _And_. And drink too, Sir. |
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