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The .ii. scene of the furst act.

Here Simo & Dauus speke [illeg.] them to himself a while.
Simo. Dauus. his seruant.
My sonne no wyfe will haue psaynly I se
For I saw well Dauus wayid aferd ther
when that he hard the mariagis shold be
But forth now he cōmath.
Da.
I meruell of this gere
yf it thus pas & my masters softnes I fere
For when he hard that his sonne shold not mary
To non of vs he spake nor toke it heuyly

Si.
But now he will and yet as I trow
Not with out thy grete hurt.

Da.
this thought he
That we neclygently shold be opressid lo
Exempt from fere vnto wan hope brought to be
Nothing to forcast nor no space haue shold we
The mariagis that he hath wrought so sone
In any wyse to disturb O craftely done

Si.
what sayth the horeson knaue what seyth he

Da.
My mayster is here and I was not ware

Si.
Dauus.

Da.
who ist that wold haue me

Si.
Com hyther syr come hyther nar

Da.
what will ye.

Si.
what sayst.

Da.
what is the mater

Si.
That my sonne louith a rumour ther is

Da.
The people care much for that syr I wis.



Si.
Takist hede to this.

da.
I here you well ywis

Si.
But now for me these thingys owt to try
It were a wykid fathers dede for before this
what he hath done is nothing to me truly
whyle tyme therto wold soffer hym than I
To fulfill his mynd lyberte hym gaue
But this tyme other lyfe and maners wyll haue

Now dauus I requyre and pray the thys
yf it be couenyent that he may come into
The right way.
Da.
I maruell what this is

Si.
All that be louers take it greuously lo
Maried to be.

Da.
many men say so

Si.
Then an iuyll cownsellour to that thing
the loue seek mynde to the wors part oft will brīg

Da.
I understond you not.

S.
no?

D.
I am dauus
The seruant and not Edippus truly

Si.
why wilt thow than becawse thow sayst thus
That the rest of my tale I speke plainly

Da.
ye in good fayth.

Si.
yf any disceyt I espy
The to do wherby the mariagie let may be
Or that in this thow woldist shew thy sottelte

H[illeg.]dling in to the bakhous I will te send
with soch strokis that thow shalt almost be slayn
And so suerly bound that if thow thens wend
I to grynde for the myself will take the payne
Understandist thow me now.
Da.
ye for certayn
ffor ye so opynly haue spoken the thyng
ye haue vsid no superfluouse seyeng

Si.
In any other thing rather can I
Suffer to be mokkid than in these mariagis

Da.
Good syr I pray you yet speke gentilly

Si.
mokkist-thow shalt not disceyue me yet by Iys
But take hede I warn the for I tell the this
That thow shalt not say yf thow do folysly
But thow haste be warnyd therof opinly