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Scena tertia
Intrant Isbell Busby et MadgeIs.
Come gossupe lets hies betyme lest all the Sowes be gone
why should not we hav some as well as that chatteringe Jay
yf we shoude not all the backhouse would be to lile for hir alone
we can say as much ith this claration as she can say
Ma.
Gogle gogle Gossupe Bub bub busbey Ide go full fayne
and make a sposation as well as I coude
but here in my cho cho chops I haue such a payne
that I can not conclare it thoughe I woud
Is.
I haue tongue inoughe fors both Madge I lacke but a good felt
for to tell him howt was I can serve the tourne
pray the do so much as lend me but ene thy red capp and thy belt
ist near looke him ith face else my parrell is so worne
Ma.
Saunt mary man man man madeline Tib myne is but wold
but if thou coudst helpe me away wt h my tothe ake
Ile gith the I Tib tib tib there tis houlde,
cause I woud my selfe a speakclation make
[Is.]
Some phisicarye ile seke but Ile haue some remedye.
Ile bestowe a peny for castinge thy pisse.
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[Na]y it shall near be ca ca cast thoughe I near spea******
*****ra rather my selfe be spechlesse
[Is.]
There be some good men an one coud light one them
wc h woude do ut for godsake wthout prying in a pisspott
Ma.
Yf I coude gett such a one I were a happy wo wo woman
I coude once a said our lad yes saw saw sawter by rote
Ca.
Good Lord what great diversitie & alteratione
is that in the manner of diverse people and cuntries
I am here derided of the men of this natione
bycause my garment is pyde not like to their guise
is that in the manner of diverse people and cuntries
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bycause my garment is pyde not like to their guise
Yf they were in my cuntrye all men would them scorne
because they are all in one hewe like a company of crowes
for of the best gentlemen theire diverse cullerd garments be worne
we most delight in pyde gownes and litle care for hose
because they are all in one hewe like a company of crowes
for of the best gentlemen theire diverse cullerd garments be worne
we most delight in pyde gownes and litle care for hose
I am by my cuntrye and birth a trwe egiptian
I haue sene the blacke mores and the men of cynd
my father was also a natturall Ethiopian
I must neds be very cuninge I haue it be kinde
I haue sene the blacke mores and the men of cynd
my father was also a natturall Ethiopian
I must neds be very cuninge I haue it be kinde
I haue bene one and twenty mile beyonde the moone
foure yeare together I toucht the sonne when it rose
where I was borne whent is midnight it is here noone
I was fyve yeares wt h them that wt h their heles vpwarde goes
foure yeare together I toucht the sonne when it rose
where I was borne whent is midnight it is here noone
I was fyve yeares wt h them that wt h their heles vpwarde goes
By profession I am a very good phisition
before I coude speake I had learnd all artes liberall
I am also a very scilfull southsaier & magission
to speake at one worde I can do all thinges in generall
before I coude speake I had learnd all artes liberall
I am also a very scilfull southsaier & magission
to speake at one worde I can do all thinges in generall
Ther is no sicknes disease or malady
but I can tell onely by vewinge of the hande
for everie greif I can prscrib a prsente remedye
I haue all thinges that growes in the Indian lande.
but I can tell onely by vewinge of the hande
for everie greif I can prscrib a prsente remedye
I haue all thinges that growes in the Indian lande.
I can cure the aggwe the Massels & the french pocke
ye tetter the Morphewe ye byle, blane & whele
The Megrū the maddnes the pose and the hichcocke
the tothe ake or any thinge at one word I can heale
ye tetter the Morphewe ye byle, blane & whele
The Megrū the maddnes the pose and the hichcocke
the tothe ake or any thinge at one word I can heale
My heade is so full of the supermūdall science
that I am faint to bynde it least my braynes should crowe
this nitcape was given me when doctor I did cōmense
good Lord good Lord what thinges do I knowe
that I am faint to bynde it least my braynes should crowe
this nitcape was given me when doctor I did cōmense
good Lord good Lord what thinges do I knowe
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Neither doe I care for any great gaynes wininge
I doe all for god sake and not for any gaine
& before I do deale if any man doubt of my cūinge
that they may knowte I will tell their thought certayne
I doe all for god sake and not for any gaine
& before I do deale if any man doubt of my cūinge
that they may knowte I will tell their thought certayne
[F]or by my liberality I haue in visiogmony
* [c]an tell the cogitations & thought of the mynde
****[y] my great speclation I haue in Exstronomy
*******[g]e past & thinges to come of men I doe finde
* [c]an tell the cogitations & thought of the mynde
****[y] my great speclation I haue in Exstronomy
*******[g]e past & thinges to come of men I doe finde
Therefore if there be anye man or womā in this cuntrey
that would haue their paynes & aches now cured
Lett them come I will Judge of it onely by palmastry
wc h if I can, that I can helpe them they may be assured,
that would haue their paynes & aches now cured
Lett them come I will Judge of it onely by palmastry
wc h if I can, that I can helpe them they may be assured,
Is. et.
what a wise man tis, what a learnd, what a fa* travild man tis.
Is.
O Leard Leard wone woude take him for a foole by his gowne & his capp
and he is to fuls a profundiditis as any is ith whole woaude
Ma.
Won woud thinke as so pra pra practisd a came from go go god a mightens lap[p]
wannt him as bene at Cambridge good laude good laude
Is.
Bith meckinse madge Ile go put in one my halliday face
and whestone wt h him for thy tothach & thoust tary be hind
and whestone wt h him for thy tothach & thoust tary be hind
God spede yow Mr Phisicarye god saue your docterships grace
I besech yow to my symplication let your eares be inclind.
I besech yow to my symplication let your eares be inclind.
Ca.
Good wife did yow not heare when I mad protestatione
of my intelligible experience in the art medicinale
to the intent to heale good folke & I shewed that declaratione
for I ken nowe all thinges by conninge artificiall
of my intelligible experience in the art medicinale
to the intent to heale good folke & I shewed that declaratione
for I ken nowe all thinges by conninge artificiall
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Yow come not for your selfe but for a neighboure of yours
wc h is payned in hir mandible wt h a wormetone toth
sister come near sister I will helpe yow wt hin this three houres
yf yow doubt me I will tell your verye thought in good south
wc h is payned in hir mandible wt h a wormetone toth
sister come near sister I will helpe yow wt hin this three houres
yf yow doubt me I will tell your verye thought in good south
Is.
A taukes so father millerlye twode do the good at hart rout
come Tib I see by him heis a wise man in deede
Ma.
Ile be your bedewomane Mr Doctor and youle dout
ze ze ze zech ye yf ye can dout wt h spede
Ca.
Yf I can saistowe why of my cūinge dost thou doubt
Ile tell the all thou hast done sinse day thou wast borne
and even at this present what thou now gost about
Yf nede be I can prophesy what thou shalt do to morne
Is.
What we intend now Sr by your skill are yow wottinge
weile say year an excessd docterable man if that yow can rede
Ca.
To beare witnes yow ar now both toward your londlord trottinge
that his wife of tow children at once [w]as brought to bede
that his wife of tow children at once [w]as brought to bede
but take hede what yow doe lest yow dame your selves quite
for ye one was not a christen child as yow thought it to be
but a certaine ferye there did dasill yowr sighte
& laid hir changlinge in the infantes cradell trwlye
for ye one was not a christen child as yow thought it to be
but a certaine ferye there did dasill yowr sighte
& laid hir changlinge in the infantes cradell trwlye
Hopinge therby your mistrisse child to haue gott
and to leaue hir changlinge there in the stead
which when she saw in a weke she coud nott
she fetcht it away when yow thought it were dede
and to leaue hir changlinge there in the stead
which when she saw in a weke she coud nott
she fetcht it away when yow thought it were dede
An overwhart neighboure to of yours now alate
tels him whether twas sent as though trwe it had ben.
but sheis a gayte yow knowe well & a very make ****
and the fery from that day to this was near se**
tels him whether twas sent as though trwe it had ben.
but sheis a gayte yow knowe well & a very make ****
and the fery from that day to this was near se**
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But take yow hede both I giue yow good warnin**
least yow be stricken hereby either lame or de**
[Yf you] will by cunieratione I will shewe [you] ******
[OMITTED]
least yow be stricken hereby either lame or de**
[Yf you] will by cunieratione I will shewe [you] ******
[OMITTED]
[Is.]
Nay good Mr leaue your magication crafte
ites as trwe I knowe as it had comed out of gods owne mouth
Ma.
I gi gi giue defiaunce to yow so so so so saft saft
Ide rather youde tell me some drinke for my toth
Ca.
Dost thou beleiue that I can heale the now speake
Yf thou dost thy payne wthin three houres I will qualifye
Ma.
I am sure yf you list yow can mende my tothake
and I que que quest yow to do it & not dalifye.
Ca.
Open thy mouth then let me fele wt h my instrument
what is the cause that workes the this payne
Ma.
Youle ga ga gage me by gods testament
your mo mo moukeforke doth make me so gayne
Ca.
I haue cured a thousand of thes in my dayes
this I can cure wt h the value of farthinge
know yow not an herbe cald envy that growes bith high ways
and hipocrase that growes in ery garden
Ma.
I knowe them well I vse them ery day in my porrige
go go gossupe Busbey this fellowe hits naile oth head
Is.
And wert not good also to take a litle burrige
she might fare well so and crume them wt h breade.
Ca.
Fy no take them I tell yow wt h tow drames of lecherye
on drame of venus here Infidelitye & stone rewe
Is.
Do yow not meane that hearb wc h we cuntrie folkes call siphory
I near went to leachcraft but I knowe that to be trwe
Ca.
That same that same mixt all thes wt h an ownce of poperye
then boyle them in maidens water wt h a fire of haste
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Thats a wede I thinke we lay people call popye
Ist not that yow meane wc h the good corne doth wast
Ca.
That tat tat tat by my faith thou hast good skill
Vse them but one night and thoust mend then a pase.
and herafter I will warraunt the thoust never fele ill
so bet thou near vsest aqua vitæ and herb a grase
Ma.
Yeaue in wenye likt me whole we your tauke whole yow take for your paines
my thinke I speake a great deale be be be better then I did
Ca.
sister I doe not respect my markett or any gaines
but onely the cōmoditie of them that be afflicted
Ma.
Now god & our blessed Ladye reward yow for your good Phisication
Ile pray for yow trwly & bitterly fort once a day
Ca.
Yf thou best askt as I know thou shalt by pronosticatione
whether he had tow sonnes or no looke thou saist nay.
[Ma.]
Nay as sure as that good face of yours I do beholde.
I nait and nait againe & a fousand tymes nayt
*[n]d before I sait Ile both raile and scole
****[y] well restrayne me but I will near sait.
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********ye do a godles & vncharitable worke
********[w] well for this tyme I must depart
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********** [c]lose it ant were toth great turke
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***********[m]e to Madge art thou better then [thou wart]
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