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Enter Thomas Ashburne the yonger brother to Ihon
A Merchant wth one off his factors.
Thomas.
Are all thinges saffe abord,

ffactor,
as you can wishe [hem,] Sr.
and not wth standinge, this Combustious stryffe
beetwixt the winds and Seas, our shipp still tight.
no anchor [tackle] Cable tackle sayle or mast
lost thoughe much dangerd, all our damadge is:
that where our purpose was ffor Italy,
wee are driven into Marcellis:

Thomas:
that's myne vnhappines,
that beeinge bound vpon a brother's quest.
longe absent ffrom his coontry, who off late,
after conffinement penury distresse,
hathe gaind a hope-ffull ffortne, and I travelling
to beare him tydinges off a blest estate,
am In my voyadge [t'wharted] thwarted

ffactor
In what province
resydes hee att this prsent

Thomas:
his last letters:
that I receavd weare dated ffrom Leagahorne.
nwe' wee by this Inffortnate storme' are driven
Into Marcellis roads,

ffactor,
ffor the small tyme
off our aboade heare, what intend you Sr.

Thomas:
To take in victuall and reffresh our men,
provyde vs off thinge's neade-ffull. then onc more
wth all the expeditious hast wee can
sett sayle ffor fflorens:

ffactor,
please you Sr [I'l stew]
I'l steward all that busines,:

Thoms
I'l meane tyme
I shall ffind leasure to surveigh the towne
The keyes the temples fforts and monuments,
ffor whats the end off travell but to better vs
In Iudgment and experiens, what are these,
wt h drawe and giue them streete-roome.

Enter Raphael Treadeway, and the clowne,
Raphael
hath my palestra ffownd her parents then

Clowne
as suer as I had lost you

Raphael
and ffree borne

Clowne
as any in Marcellis

Raphael.
Englishe sayst thou

Clowne
or brittishe wch you please,

Raphael
her trew name Mirable,
and Ashburnes doughter

Clowne,
suer as yours is Raphaels.
and Tread-wayes his

Thomas.
Mirable and Ashburne.

ffactor
names that concerne you Sr.

Thoms
peace listen ffurther

Raphael
thou wth these woords hast extasyde my sowle
and I am all in rapture. then hee's pleasd,
wee too shalbee Contracted

Clowne
tis his mynd Sr.

Raphael.
the moother too consents.

Clowne
so you shall ffinde Sr.

Raphael
And Mirable pleasd too

Clowne
shee's so inclind Sr.

Raphael.
And this the very day

Clowne
the Tyme assignd Sr.

Raphael.
shee shalbee suerly myne

Clowne
as vowes can bind Sr.

Raphael.
thou sawest all this

Clowne
I am suer I was not blind Sr.

Raphael.
and all this shall bee doon

Clowne
beeffore you have dind Sr.

Raphael
Oh ffrend eather pertake wth mee in Ioy
and beare part off this surplus. I shall elce
dye in a pleasinge surffett

Treadway
ffrend I doo,
wt h all intreate you interceade ffor mee
to your ffayre loves Companion ffor iff all
th'estate I have in ffrance can by her ffreedom
shee shall no longer ffaynt beneathe the yoake.
off Lewdnes and temptation

Raphael
the extent
off that ffyxt love I ever vowde to the
thou in this act shall ffind

Treadway,
and it shall seale it, beyond all date or limitt

Raphaell
Com hasten ffrend mee thinks at lenghe I spy,
after roughe tempests, a more open skye,

Clowne
And I will after you kind Syr
Since so merrily blowes the wind Sr.

Thomas.
staye ffrend I am a stranger in these parts.
And woold in one thinge gladly bee resolvd,

Clowne,
I am in hast.

Thomas.
that little leasure thou beestowest on mee
I shalbee gladd to paye ffor, nay I will
drinke that ffor my sake.

Clowne
not this Syr as it is. ffor I can make a shift to
dissolve hard mettall into a more liquid substans.
A cardeq:? oh syr I can distill this into a quntessens
cald Argentum potabile.

Thomas
I heard you name one Ashburne can you bring mee
to'th sight off such a man

Clowne
Easily I can Sr. but ffor another peace, off the same
stampe I can bringe you to heare him to ffeele him to
smell to tast him, and to ffeede vpon him your whole
ffyve sences.

Thomas
Theres ffor thee though I have no hope at all
to ffinde in ffrance, what I in fflorens seeke
And though my brother have no child alyve
as longe syce lost when I was robd off myne,
yet ffor the name-sake, to my other travells
I'l add this little toyle, though purposeles,
I have about mee letters off Import.
dyrected to a marchant off that name
ffor whose sake (beeinge one to mee in-tyre'd
I only crave to see the gentleman.

Clown
beeleeve mee Sr I never love to Iest wth those that
that beeffore hand deale wth mee in earnest
will you ffollowe mee,

Thomas
proove hee my brother and his doughter ffownd
lost by my want off care. (wch Canott bee
all reasons well considered) and I so happy
to bringe him newes off a recovered state.
who to his ffoes so longe hathe bin a pray
Id Count my monthes and yeares but ffrom this dy

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