The Spanish Curate - A Comedy by Francis Beaumont;John Fletcher
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The Emperour takes against the encroaching Turk,
And whether his Moony-standards are design'd For _Persia_ or _Polonia_: and all this The wiser sort of State-Worms seem to know Better than their own affairs: this is discourse Fit for the Council it concerns; we are young, And if that I might give the Theme, 'twere better To talk of handsome Women. _Mil_. And that's one, Almost as general. _Ars_. Yet none agree Who are the fairest. _Lean_. Some prefer the _French_, For their conceited Dressings: some the plump _Italian Bona-Robas_, some the State That ours observe; and I have heard one swear, (A merry friend of mine) that once in _London_, He did enjoy the company of a Gamester, (A common Gamester too) that in one night Met him th' _Italian, French_, and _Spanish_ wayes, And ended in the _Dutch_; for to cool her self, |
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