Sir John Oldcastle by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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An honest Constable! an honest Constable! Call forth him
that keeps the Alehouse here. CONSTABLE. Ho! who's within there? [Enter Ale-man.] ALE MAN. Who calls there? come near a God's name! Oh, is't you, Master Constable and Master Harpoole? you are welcome with all my heart. What make you here so early this morning? HARPOOLE. Sirra, what strangers do you lodge? there is a robbery done this morning, and we are to search for all suspected persons. ALE MAN. God's bores! I am sorry for't: yfaith, sir, I lodge no body but a good honest merry priest,--they call him sir John a Wrotham-- and a handsome woman that is his niece, that he says he has some suit in law for; and as they go up & down to London, sometimes they lie at my house. HARPOOLE. What, is he here in thy house now? ALE MAN. She is, sir. I promise you, sir, he is a quiet man; and because he will not trouble too many rooms, he makes the woman lie |
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