Wit Without Money - The Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher by Francis Beaumont
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_Luce._ By this hand Mistris 'tis a noise, a loud one too, and from
her own mouth, presently to be gone too, but why, or to what end? _Short._ May not a man die first? she'l give him so much time. _Isab._ Gone o'th' sudden? thou dost but jest, she must not mock the Gentlemen. _Luce._ She has put them off a month, th[e]y dare not see her, believe me Mistris, what I hear I tell you. _Isab._ Is this true, wench? gone on so short a warning! what trick is this? she never told me of it, it must not be, sirra, attend me presently, you know I have been a carefull friend unto you, attend me in the Hall, and next be faithful, cry not, we shall not go. _Short._ Her Coach may crack. _Enter_ Valentine, Francisco, _and_ Lance. _Val._ Which way to live! how darest thou come to town, to ask such an idle question? _Fran._ Me thinks 'tis necessary, unless you could restore that Annuitie you have tipled up in Taverns. _Val._ Where hast thou been, and how brought up _Francisco_, that thou talkest thus out of _France_? thou wert a pretty fellow, and of a handsom knowledge; who has spoiled thee? |
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