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There she is: I must enter into dialogue.--Lady, you
have lost your glove.

Abig. Not, sir, if you have found it. 15

Wel. It was my meaning, lady, to restore it.

Abig. 'Twill be uncivil in me to take back
A favour fortune hath so well bestow'd, sir:
Pray, wear it for me.

Wel. [Aside.] I had rather wear a bell.--But, hark

you, mistress, 20

What hidden virtue is there in this glove,
That you would have me wear it? Is it good
Against sore eyes, or will it charm the tooth-ache?
Or these red tops, being steep'd in white wine, soluble,
Will't kill the itch? or has it so conceal'd 25

A providence to keep my hand from bonds?
If it have none of these, and prove no more
But a bare glove of half-a-crown a pair,
'Twill be but half a courtesy; I wear two always.
Faith, let's draw cuts; one will do me no pleasure. 30

Abig. [Aside.] The tenderness of his years keeps him
as yet in ignorance:
He's a well-moulded fellow, and I wonder
His blood should stir no higher; but 'tis his want
Of company: I must grow nearer to him.

Enter ELDER LOVELESS, disguised.

E. Love. God save you both! 35

Abig. And pardon you, sir! this is somewhat rude:
How came you hither?

E. Love. Why, through the doors; they are open.

Wel. What are you? and what business have you
here?

E. Love. More, I believe, than you have.

____________________
20 a bell] i. e. be a professed Fool ( Weber).
24 or these red tops, being . . . will't kill the itch?]. So the old copies,
intelligibility enough. Mason proposed, 'Are these red tops, being steep's in
white wine, soluble?' ( Weber). For similar loose grammar cf. Fletcher
Faithful Sheperdness,

"With spotless hand on spotloess breast
I put these herbs, to give thee rest:
Which till it heal thee, there will bide," etc. ( Dyce).

29 half a] QQ5, 6, a half.
30 draw cuts] slips of paper, whose unequal length is hidden from the
drawer. Welford proposes this method of deciding whether he is to have one
or both.

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Publication Information: Book Title: The Maid's Tragedy; Philaster; A King and No King; The Scornful Lady; The Custom of the Country. Contributors: Francis Beaumont - author, John Fletcher - author. Publisher: George Bell and Sons & A. H. Bullen. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1904. Page Number: 404.
    
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