nova fert animus mutatas
dicere formas_[7]. Tis the mind of man, and woman to affect new
fashions; but to our Mynsatives[8] for sooth, if he come like to your
_Besognio_,[9] or your bore, so he be rich, or emphaticall, they care
not; would I might never excell a dutch Skipper in Courtship, if I did
not put distaste into my cariage of purpose; I knew I should not please
them. _Lacquay? allume le torche_.
_Rud_. Slydd, heres neyther Torch, nor Lacquay, me thinks.
_Foul_. _O mon dieu_.
_Rud_. O doe not sweare Captaine.
_Foul_. Your Frenchman ever sweares, Sir _Cutt_, upon the lacke of his
Lacquay, I assure you.
_Goos_. See heere he comes, and my Ladies two pages, they have been
tickling the vanity ont yfaith.
SCAENA TERTIA.
_Enter to them Iack, Bullaker, Will_.
_Ia_. Captaine _Fowleweather_, my Lady the Countes _Eugenia_ commends
her most kindly to you, and is determined to morrowe morning earely, if
it be a frost, to take her Coach to Barnet to bee nipt; where if it
please you, to meete her, and accompany her homewarde, joyning your wit
with the frost, and helpe to nip her, She does not doubt but tho you had
a sad supper, you will have a joyfull breakefast.
_Foul_. I shall indeed, my deare youth.
_Rud_. Why Captaine I abus'd thee, I see: I said the Ladies respected
thee not, and now I perceive the widow is in love with thee.
_Foul_. Sblood, Knight, I knew I had strucke her to the quicke, I
wondred shee departed in that extravagant fashion: I am sure I past one
_Passado_ of Courtship upon her, that has hertofore made a lane amongst
the _French_ Ladies like a Culvering shot, Ile be sworne; and I thinke,
Sir _Gyles_, you saw she fell under it.
_Goos_. O as cleare as candlelight, by this daylight.
_Rud_. O good Knight a the post[10], heele sweare anything.
_Will_. The other two Ladies commend them no lesse kindly to you two
Knights too; & desire your worships wood meete them at Barnet ith
morning with the Captaine.
_Foul. Goos. Rud_. O good Sir.
_Goos_. Our worships shall attend their Ladiships thether.
_Ia_. No Sir _Gyles_ by no meanes, they will goe privately thether, but
if you will meet them there.
_Rud_. Meet them? weele die fort, but weele meet them.
_Foul_. Let's goe thether to night, Knights, and you be true Gallants.
_Rud_. Content.
_Ia_. How greedely they take it in, Sirra?
_Goos_. No it is too farre to goe to night, weele be up betimes ith
morning, and no
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