Sir John Oldcastle by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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And wars, ye wot, will ask great store of coin.
Able to strength our action with your purse, You are elected for a colonel Over a regiment of fifteen bands. MURLEY. Fue, paltry, paltry! in and out, to and fro! be it more or less, upon occasion. Lord have mercy upon us, what a world is this! Sir Roger Acton, I am but a Dunstable man, a plain brewer, ye know: will lusty Cavaliering captains, gentlemen, come at my calling, go at my bidding? Dainty my dear, they'll do a god of wax, a horse or cheese, a prick and a pudding. No, no, ye must appoint some lord, or knight at least, to that place. BOURNE. Why, master Murley, you shall be a Knight: Were you not in election to be shrieve? Have ye not past all offices but that? Have ye not wealth to make your wife a lady? I warrant you, my lord, our General Bestows that honor on you at first sight. MURLEY. Mary, God dild ye, dainty my dear! But tell me, who shall be our General? Where's the lord Cobham, sir John Old-castle, That noble alms-giver, housekeeper, virtuous, Religious gentleman? Come to me there, boys, Come to me there! |
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