If you dare ƒecond me.
Cymbrio. Wee'l not ƒayle.
Gracc. A Cart-rope
Shall not binde me at home.
Pifander. Thinke on't, and proƒper. Exeunt.
Archidamus, Timagoras, Leofthenes scith Gorgits, Pifander.
Archid. So, fo, 'tis well, how doe I looke?
Pifander. Moƒt ƒprightfully.
Archid. I ƒhrinke not in the ƒhoulders, though I am olde,
I am tough, ƒteele to the backe, I haue not waƒted
My ƒtocke of ƒtrength in Feather-beds: heer's an arme too,
| There's ƒtuffe in't, and I hope will vƒe a Sword | 5 |
Timag. I am glad to see you, Sir, fo well prepar'd,
To indure the trauaile of the warre.
Archid. Goe too firra,
I ƒhall indure, when ƒome of you keepe your Cabins,
| For all your ƒlaunting Feathers, nay Leofthenes | 10 |
Leoft. Your ƒeruant Sir.
Archid. Piƒh, leaue theƒe Complements,
They ƒtincke in a Souldiers mouth, I could be merry,
For now my Gowne's off, farewell Grauitie,
| And muƒt be bolde to put a queƒtion to you, | 15 |
Leoft. Sir, what you pleaƒe.
Archid. And you will anƒwer truely?
Timagor. On our words, Sir.
Archid. Goe too, then, I preƒume you will conƒeƒƒe,
That you are two notorious Whore-maiƒters.
| Nay ƒpare your bluƒhing, I haue beene wilde my ƒelfe, | 20 |
But to lye at racke, and manger,
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Publication information:
Book title: The Bondman: an Antient Storie.
Contributors: Philip C. Massinger - Editor, Benjamin Townley Spencer - Editor, Charles Phelps Taft Memorial Fund, University of Cincinnati Graduate School - OrganizationName.
Publisher: Princeton University Press.
Place of publication: Princeton, NJ.
Publication year: 1932.
Page number: 97.
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