The London Prodigal; "by William Shakespeare." as it was played by the King's Majesties servants. by Unknown
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[Enter old Flowerdale and his brother.] FATHER. Brother, from Venice, being thus disguised, I come to prove the humours of my son. How hath he borne himself since my departure, I leaving you his patron and his guide? UNCLE. Ifaith, brother, so, as you will grieve to hear, And I almost ashamed to report it. FATHER. Why, how ist, brother? what, doth he spend beyond the allowance I left him? UNCLE. How! beyond that? and far more: why, your exhibition is nothing. He hath spent that, and since hath borrowed; protested with oaths, alleged kindred to wring money from me,--by the love I bore his father, by the fortunes might fall upon himself, to furnish his wants: that done, I have had since his bond, his friend and friend's bond. Although I know that he spends is yours; yet it grieves me to see the unbridled wildness that reins over him. FATHER. Brother, what is the manner of his life? how is the name |
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