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<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<P>I will.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fran.</SPEAKER>
<P>Prede do, and ʃaie anie ting dat vil vex her.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<P>Let me alone to vex her.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fran.</SPEAKER>
<L>Vil you, vil you mak a her run mad? here take</L>
<L>Dis ring, ʃea me ʃcorne to wear anie ting dat washers,</L>
<L>Or his: I prede torment her, Ick cannot loue her,</L>
<L>She honeʃt and vertuous forʃooth.</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<P>Is ʃhe ʃo? O vile creature? then let me alone with her.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fran.</SPEAKER>
<L>Vat. Vil you mak a her mad? ʃeet by min trat,</L>
<L>Be pretta ʃeruan, Buʃh, Ick ʃall go to bet now.</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<L>Miʃchiefe whether wilt thou? O thou tear-leʃʃe woman?</L>
<L>How monʃtrous is thy Deuill,</L>
<L>The end of Hell as thee.</L>
<L>How miʃerable were it to be vertuous, if thou couldʃt proʃper?</L>
<L>Ile to my Loue, the faithfull <HI>Beatrice,</HI></L>
<L>She has wept enough, and faith deere ʃoule too much.</L>
<L>But yet how ʃweet it is to thinke</L>
<L>How deere ones life was to his Loue: how moornd his death.</L>
<L>Tis Ioy not to be expreʃt with breath:</L>
<L>But O let him that would ʃuch paʃsion drinke,</L>
<L>Be quiet of his ʃpeech, and onlie thinke. <STAGE>Exit.</STAGE></L>
</SP>
<STAGE>Enter Beatrice and Criʃpinella.</STAGE>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Bet.</SPEAKER>
<P>Siʃter, cannot a woman kill her ʃelfe? Is it not lawfull to die when we ʃhould not liue?</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>O</HI> ʃiʃter tis a queʃtion not for vs, we muʃt do what God will.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Beat.</SPEAKER>
<P>What God will? Alaʃʃe, can torment be his glorie, or our greefe his pleaʃure? Does not the Nurces nipple iuic'd ouer with Wormwood, bid the childe it ʃhoulde not ʃucke? And does not Heauen when it hath made our breath bitter vnto vs, ʃay we ʃhud not liue? O my beʃt ʃiʃter: to ʃuffer wounds when one may ʃcape this rod, is againʃt nature, that is againʃt God.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<P>Good ʃiʃter do not make me weep: ʃure <HI>Frevile</HI> was not falʃe: Ile gage my life that ʃtrumpet out of craft</P>
<P>And ʃome cloʃe ʃecond end hath maliʃt him.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Beat.</SPEAKER>
<L>O ʃiʃter if he were not falʃe, whom haue I loʃt?</L>
<L>If he were: what griefe to ʃuch vnkindneʃʃe,</L>
<L>From head to foote I am all myʃerie:</L>
<PB REF="29"/>
<L>Onely in this, ʃome iuʃtice I haue found</L>
<L>My griefe is like my loue, beyond all bound. <STAGE>Enter Nurʃe</STAGE></L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Nurʃe.</SPEAKER>
<P>My ʃeruant, maiʃter Cacature deʃires to viʃite you,</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<L>For griefes ʃake keepe him out, his diʃcourʃe is like the long word, <HI>Honorificabilitudinitatibus:</HI> a great deale</L>
<L>Of ʃound and no ʃence: his companie is like a parentheʃis.</L>
<L>To a diʃcourʃe you may admit it, or leau it out, it makes no matter.</L>
</SP>
<STAGE>Enter Frevile in his diʃcourʃe.</STAGE>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<P>By your leau<GAP REASON="illegible" RESP="uom" EXTENT="1 letter"/> ʃweet creatures.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<P>Sir, all I can yet ʃay of you, is, you are vnciuill.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<L>You muʃt denie it: By your ʃorrowes leaue,</L>
<L>I bring ʃome muʃʃicke, to make ʃweet your griefe,</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Beat.</SPEAKER>
<L>What ere you pleaʃe: O breake my hart</L>
<L>Canʃt thou yet pant? O doʃt thou yet ʃeruiue,</L>
<L>Thou didʃt not loue him, if thou now canʃt liue•</L>
</SP>
<STAGE>Erevile.</STAGE>
<STAGE>He ʃings, ʃhe ʃounds.</STAGE>
<Q><TEXT LANG="eng">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="song">
<L>O Loue, how ʃtrangely ʃweet</L>
<L>are thy weake Paʃʃions,</L>
<L>That loue and ioy <GAP REASON="illegible" RESP="uom" EXTENT="1 span"/></L>
<L>in ʃelfe ʃame faʃhions.</L>
<L>O who can tell</L>
<L>the cauʃe why this ʃhould moue•</L>
<L>But onely this,</L>
<L>no reaʃon, aʃke of L<GAP REASON="illegible" RESP="uom" EXTENT="2 letters"/>e.</L>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT></Q>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<P>Hold, peace, the ge<GAP REASON="illegible" RESP="uom" EXTENT="1 letter"/> <GAP REASON="illegible" RESP="uom" EXTENT="1 span"/> O my beʃt ʃiʃter.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<L>Ha, get you gone, cloʃe the dores: My <HI>Beatrice,</HI></L>
<STAGE>Diʃcouers himʃelfe.</STAGE>
<L>Curʃt be my indiʃcreet trials: O my immeaʃureablie louing.</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<P>She ʃtirs, giue aire, ʃhe breathes.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Beat.</SPEAKER>
<L>Where am I, ha? how haue I ʃlipt off life?</L>
<L>Am I in heauen? O my Lord, though not louing</L>
<L>By our eternall being, yet giue me leaue</L>
<L>To reʃt by thie dear ʃide: am I not in heauen?</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<P>O eternallie much laued, recollect your ʃpirits.</P>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Beat.</SPEAKER>
<L>Ha, you do ʃpeake, I do ʃee you, I do liue,</L>
<L>I would not die now: Let me not burʃt with wonder.</L>
</SP>
<SP>
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<L>Call vp your bloode, I liue to honor you,</L>
<L>As the admired glorie of your ʃex.</L>
</SP>
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<FW TYPE="header">THE DVTCH CVRTEZAN.</FW>
<FW TYPE="catch">Only</FW>
<SP WHO="#Frevile">
<PB REF="29"/>
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<P>I will.</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Francischina">
<SPEAKER>Fran.</SPEAKER>
<P>Prede do, and ʃaie anie ting dat vil vex her.</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Frevile">
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<P>Let me alone to vex her.</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Francischina">
<SPEAKER>Fran.</SPEAKER>
<L>Vil you, vil you mak a her run mad? here take</L>
<L>Dis ring, ʃea me ʃcorne to wear anie ting dat was hers, </L>
<L>Or his: I prede torment her, Ick cannot loue her,</L>
<L>She honeʃt and vertuous forʃooth.</L>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Frevile">
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<P>Is ʃhe ʃo? O vile creature? then let me alone with her.</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Francischina">
<SPEAKER>Fran.</SPEAKER>
<L>Vat. Vil you mak a her mad? ʃeet by min trat,</L>
<L>Be pretta ʃeruan, Buʃh, Ick ʃall go to bet now.</L>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Frevile">
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<L>Miʃchiefe whether wilt thou? O thou tear-leʃʃe woman?</L>
<L>How monʃtrous is thy Deuill,</L>
<L>The end of Hell as thee.</L>
<L>How miʃerable were it to be vertuous, if thou couldʃt proʃper?</L>
<L>Ile to my Loue, the faithfull <NAME REND="italic">Beatrice,</NAME></L>
<L>She has wept enough, and faith deere ʃoule too much.</L>
<L>But yet how ʃweet it is to thinke</L>
<L>How deere ones life was to his Loue: how moornd his death.</L>
<L>Tis Ioy not to be expreʃt with breath:</L>
<L>But O let him that would ʃuch paʃsion drinke,</L>
<L>Be quiet of his ʃpeech, and onlie thinke. <STAGE>Exit.</STAGE></L>
</SP>
<STAGE>Enter Beatrice and Criʃpinella.</STAGE>
<SP WHO="#Beatrice">
<SPEAKER>Bet.</SPEAKER>
<P>Siʃter, cannot a woman kill her ʃelfe? Is it not lawfull to die when we ʃhould not liue?</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Crispinella">
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<P><HI>O</HI> ʃiʃter tis a queʃtion not for vs, we muʃt do what God will.</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Beatrice">
<SPEAKER>Beat.</SPEAKER>
<P>What God will? Alaʃʃe, can torment be his glorie, or our greefe his pleaʃure? Does not the Nurces nipple iuic'd ouer with Wormwood, bid the childe it ʃhoulde not ʃucke? And does not Heauen when it hath made our breath bitter vnto vs, ʃay we ʃhud not liue? O my beʃt ʃiʃter: to ʃuffer wounds when one may ʃcape this rod, is againʃt nature, that is againʃt God.</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Crispinella">
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<P>Good ʃiʃter do not make me weep: ʃure <NAME REND="italic">Frevile</NAME> was not falʃe: Ile gage my life that ʃtrumpet out of craft</P>
<L>And ʃome cloʃe ʃecond end hath maliʃt him.</L>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Beatrice">
<SPEAKER>Beat.</SPEAKER>
<L>O ʃiʃter if he were not falʃe, whom haue I loʃt?</L>
<L>If he were: what griefe to ʃuch vnkindneʃʃe,</L>
<L>From head to foote I am all myʃerie:</L>
<PB REF="29"/>
<FW TYPE="header">THE DVTCH CVRTEZAN.</FW>
<FW TYPE="sig">H</FW>
<FW TYPE="catch">Nor</FW>
<L>Onely in this, ʃome iuʃtice I haue found</L>
<L>My griefe is like my loue, beyond all bound. <STAGE>Enter Nurʃe</STAGE></L>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Putifer">
<SPEAKER>Nurʃe.</SPEAKER>
<P>My ʃeruant, maiʃter Cacature deʃires to viʃite you,</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Crispinella">
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<L>For griefes ʃake keepe him out, his diʃcourʃe is like the long word, <FOREIGN XML:LANG="la" REND="italic">Honorificabilitudinitatibus:</FOREIGN> a great deale</L>
<L>Of ʃound and no ʃence: his companie is like a parentheʃis.</L>
<L>To a diʃcourʃe you may admit it, or leau it out, it makes no matter.</L>
</SP>
<STAGE>Enter Frevile in his diʃcourʃe.</STAGE>
<SP WHO="#Frevile">
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<P>By your leaue ʃweet creatures.</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Crispinella">
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<P>Sir, all I can yet ʃay of you, is, you are vnciuill.</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Frevile">
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<L>You muʃt denie it: By your ʃorrowes leaue,</L>
<L>I bring ʃome muʃicke, to make ʃweet your griefe,</L>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Beatrice">
<SPEAKER>Beat.</SPEAKER>
<L>What ere you pleaʃe: O breake my hart</L>
<L>Canʃt thou yet pant? O doʃt thou yet ʃeruiue,</L>
<L>Thou didʃt not loue him, if thou now canʃt liue:</L>
</SP>
<STAGE>Frevile.</STAGE>
<STAGE>He ʃings, ʃhe ʃounds.</STAGE>
<SP WHO="#Frevile">
<Q REND="italic"><TEXT XML:LANG="en">
<BODY>
<DIV1 TYPE="song">
<L>O Loue, how ʃtrangely ʃweet</L>
<L>are thy weake Paʃʃions,</L>
<L>That loue and ioy ʃh<GAP REASON="illegible" RESP="uom" EXTENT="3 letters"/>d mee<GAP REASON="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters" RESP="uom"></L>
<L>in ʃelfe ʃame faʃhions.</L>
<L>O who can tell</L>
<L>the cauʃe why this ʃhould moue?</L>
<L>But onely this,</L>
<L>no reaʃon, aʃke of Loue.</L>
</DIV1>
</BODY>
</TEXT></Q>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Crispinella">
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<P>Hold, peace, the gentleʃt <GAP REASON="illegible" RESP="uom" EXTENT="1 word"/> is so<GAP REASON="illegible" RESP="uom" EXTENT="2 letters">ed, O my beʃt ʃiʃter.</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Frevile">
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<L>Ha, get you gone, cloʃe the dores: My <NAME REND="italic">Beatrice,</NAME></L>
<STAGE>Diʃcouers himʃelfe.</STAGE>
<L>Curʃt be my indiʃcreet trials: O my immeaʃureablie louing.</L>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Crispinella">
<SPEAKER>Criʃp.</SPEAKER>
<P>She ʃtirs, giue aire, ʃhe breathes.</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Beatrice">
<SPEAKER>Beat.</SPEAKER>
<L>Where am I, ha? how haue I ʃlipt off life?</L>
<L>Am I in heauen? O my Lord, though not louing</L>
<L>By our eternall being, yet giue me leaue</L>
<L>To reʃt by thie dear ʃide: am I not in heauen?</L>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Frevile">
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<P>O eternallie much <CHOICE><SIC>laued,</SIC><CORR>loued</CORR></CHOICE> recollect your ʃpirits.</P>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Beatrice">
<SPEAKER>Beat.</SPEAKER>
<L>Ha, you do ʃpeake, I do ʃee you, I do liue,</L>
<L>I would not die now: Let me not burʃt with wonder.</L>
</SP>
<SP WHO="#Frevile">
<SPEAKER>Fre.</SPEAKER>
<L>Call vp your bloode, I liue to honor you,</L>
<L>As the admired glorie of your ʃex.</L>
</SP>