Sapho. Wilt thou forsake the ferrie, and followe the court as a Page?
| Phao. As it pleaseth fortune Madame, to whome I am a prentice. | 30 |
Sapho. Come, let vs goe.
Trachi. Will you goe Pandion?
Pandi. Yea. Exeunt
MOLUS, CRYTICUS, CALYPHO.
〈Enter Molus and Criticus, meeting.〉
Molus. Cryticus comes in good time, I shall not bee alone. What newes Cryticus?
Ctiti. I taught you that lesson, to aske what newes, & this is the newes: to morow ther shalbe a desperate fray betweene two, made
| at all weapons, from the browne bill to the bodkin. | 5 |
Molus. Now thou talkest of frayes, I pray thee what is that, whereof they talke so commonlye in courte, valour, the stab, the pistoll, for the which euery man that dareth is so much honoured?
Criti. O Molus, beware of valour! hee that can looke bigge, and
| weare his dagger pomel lower thẽ the point, that lyeth at a good | 10 |
Molus. What is the end?
| Criti. Daunger or death. | 15 |
Molus. If it be but death that bringeth all this commendation, I account him as valiant that is killed with a surfet, as with a sword.
Criti. How so?
| Molus. If I venture vpon a full stomacke to eat a rasher on the | 20 |
| cutlers. | 25 |
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Publication information:
Book title: The Complete Works of John Lyly.
Volume: 2.
Contributors: R. Warwick Bond - Author.
Publisher: The Clarendon Press.
Place of publication: Oxford, England.
Publication year: 1902.
Page number: 385.
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