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Sav. Now do I sensibly begin to feel
Myself a rascal. Would I could teach a school,
Or beg, or lie well! I am utterly undone.--
Now, he that taught thee to deceive and cozen,

Take thee to his mercy! so be it! [Exit. 140

More. Come, widow, come, never stand upon a
knighthood;
'Tis a mere paper honour, and not proof
Enough for a sergeant. Come, come, I'll make thee--

Wid. To answer in short, 'tis this, sir,--no knight,
no widow.

If you make me anything, it must be a lady; 145

And so I take my leave.

More. Farewell, sweet widow,
And think of it.

Wid. Sir, I do more than think of it;
It makes me dream, sir. [Exit.

More. She's rich, and sober if this itch were from
her:

And say I be at charge to pay the footmen, 150

And the trumpets, ay, and the horsemen too,
And be a knight, and she refuse me then;
Then am I hoist into the subsidy,
And so, by consequence, should prove a coxcomb:
I'll have a care of that. Six thousand pound, 155

And then the land is mine: there's some refreshing yet.
[Exit.

____________________
141 A rascal] A vagabond; he anticipates beggary. An acknowledgment
of roguery would be inappropriate here, when he has just done all he could to
prevent the sale.
142 Not proof enough for a sergeant] i. e. not enough to establish rank as a
sergeant-at-law. After Henry VII. had knighted a sergeant-at-law all his
brother sergeants claimed equality knights-bachelors. In Tudor times,
when it began to be bestowed for other than military services, the hunour fell
into comparative disrepute. Elizatbeth gave two mastiffs in ransom of a
knight.
150 pay the footmen . . . too] The outlay of a Knight of Garter, on
liveries, etc., on the occasion of his "ride" to be installed at Windsor, had
become so heavy that James I. found it necessary to limit it under a fine.
150 at charge] So QQ1, 2: the rest at the charge.
153 hoist into the subsidy] i. e. become liable for certain taxes levied on
knights. In Lyly Mother Bombie, II. v. 14, 'he that had a cup of red wine
to his oysters, was hoysted in the queens subsidies booke.'

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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: 402.
    
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