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Ent: Aspero Cosmo Gis: Fernesi Isabella sick Picentio as a doctor wt h her water.Cosmo
bee Comforted deare sir shee may recouer.
& render to yor bosome the full hope
of those delights yow wish
asp
halfe my estate were Cheap to buy theasurance of that hope
how fares my Isabella
Isab
oh my hart; how fares my aspero.
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my dere Isabella
Isab
to deare indeed when such a lofty rate
ys sett vpon my life, a thinge so poore
tis hardly worth the keeping, but yor loue
yor loue—my lord—oh—doctor
Cosmo
Vrinall so long a looking in my ladyes water.
what find yow in't
Pice
atende moy mēsure, begar mee find a very mush strange tinge
Come a my ladyes belly, and make mush begar vera mush seeka
Cosmo
but how to make her well sir thats yt yow Come for.
picen
vell begar mee tinke a dat den and mee haue searsha my braine
for many ting for dat purposea; me musha intreat de shamra for
mee selua for I musha speaka one two tree woord woode lady in
priuate
aspe
wt h all my hart be carfull worthy sir
exeunt
picent.
dei vow gard a mall meesure, dei vow gard la tout. & now madam
madam; yow no heare a moy no looke a moy no speake a moy
madam vat yow say, de voman bee sike in de tonge, oh strange
maladi be sik in de tonge oh admirable madam.
Isab.
this Idle talke ys a new sicknes to mee.
good—sir—bee—silent
picen.
qui dittes vous selance mee no point selance begare mee no
selance; mee musha parle vow vow musha parla moy and
so mush pour dat
Isa.
pray then bee breife what find yow in my water.
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begar noting to purpossa in dis vomans vatra. de Coolra vat yee
Caule, vermilee dat make de ould face new; in dat ee Can find
van de voman play falce woode man; and make de graund bump
in de templa; in one I Can finda musha deale of pride, in de
second musha ambition in de turd a gallemaffry of all des, but
pardona moy mee Can finda no shusha ting in yor s, and yet begar
now mee see yow mocka moy make a mee mocka de duke &
begar mocka all, yow disembla musha paine & bee no poynt
sika
Isa.
how sir not sick.
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no begar no poynt seeka vnlesse yt pour loue of some othra man
for begar yow no point loua de duke
Isab
does yor art tell yow that
picent
my art tella moy mora yow loua one picentio
Isa
picentio? thart no doctor but a deuill
picent
deuella? diew guard a moy madam, mee haue some skilla in de
art negromancie, but boone Courage: mee bee no blabba. mee
no tella de grand tale;
Isab
in hope thow art not since thow knowst my sicknes
for I Confesse all thow hast sayd ys true
aply some Cure toot, wilt be Constant to mee
picent
per le monde per le Ceile per le ground per
Isab
no further protestations I beeleeue thee
and in a hope thow wilt bee faithfull to mee
know that I faignd this sicknes to preuent
my mariadg wt h the duke: The duke? wt h him
would basly steale that title, aspero
a name imitates his nature
picent
for boone intande vow; and were bee dat picentio yow
so mush loua madam ditte moy dat.
Isa
hee was by asperoes Comaund imprisoned.
there—I much feare mee murthered.
picen
I begarr hee bee all dead & de shast dutches to. my
art tella moy so musha to.
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picentio dead why do I wish to liue then.
though hetherto my mallady was faignd.
now't maks mee sick indeed, sick to the death
asperoes loathd beds worse then a graue; the day
wee should bee married ys allmost vpon vs.
some queint Confection that may take my soule
handsomly hence, thow nere hadst more for life
then Ide bestow for death deare doctor help mee
picent
how
Isa
by poyson.
picent
poyson a vow? pardon a moy Comann a moy for poyson
aspero dat grand meshant and per lee mond I shall
putta datt in his Cupp shall rumbla rumbla like tundra
in his gutta & senda him to de grand diabolo prestamento.
Isab
though wrongd I will not bee a murtherer.
no I will leaue him to the share of plagues
that heauen hath stord vp for him, yf [by] thy art
had but the powre to raise picentioes ghoast
wt h halfe thy skill some Can do more then that
that from his toung I might bee satisfied
of some few doubts that trouble mee I should goe
in quiet to my graue
picent
begar yow sharge a moy mush madam and yett yow shall no
tinka mee bragga more den my art Can performe, mee
shall raise one too tree petteet deuella shall run lik
shacknape at my Comaunda. one of dem shall run to de
place yow Calla eliziū & fesha de ghost of picentio prestamento.
and Com againe in litle space in moment
Isab
doot & expect reward
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fico for reward mee bee none of yor pooura Iack Iuglers
dat show tricck for reward, vat me do ys por le Creditt
of my art I will into my shambra & send him prestamento
by & by begar by and by
Exit
Isab
how pleasure and afliction both Contend
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my deere picentios shaddow; while mee thinks
I Cast this amorous Chaine about his necke
and bind him to my bosome, while me thinks
I see him smile and in that smile Conceiue
infinite Chandge of pleasures while mee thinks
my lip & his encounter do exchange
equally valued touches while mee thinks
I know not what to thinke,—alls but mee thinks
sweet shaddow but no substance, to thee halfe
brings in the shape of aspero; where mee thinks
I see death shutt myne eyes thus & pray
and wt h that spell expell him, my picentio
my loue Crackt of at first
Enter picentio in his owne shape
picent
yt ys as vaine
to offer thy imbrace to what thow seest
as to imbrace thy shaddow when thy soule
ys from that prison of thy flesh (like mine)
remoud into elizium; wearing both
an equall purity wee may Come nerrer
till then bee thus deuided, then in breife
speake for what Cause I'me from the land of soules
Cald to this den this dungeon
Isab
in one word
not to ofend thee wt h much Circumstance
Ile name a two fold Cause, the first to know
yf when thow wert as I am In thy brest
dwelt such a loue as myne was
picent
such a loue
so hott so Cold in truth in Chastity
Isab
what angells speak[s] who doubts, my next enquiry
ys of thy death picentio yf enforst
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picent
for thy loue
wc h as I haue profest was deare to mee
as this eternall essence, I was Cast
into a loathsome prison, and there strangled.
the actor or Comaunder of the act
was Cruell aspero.
Isab
oh I Could wish
my head were like medusaes euery haire
a serpent full of poyson; I might thus
squise in the murderers face, and make his body
as vgly as his soule ys
picent
to this hate I had a purpose to Coniure thee sweet
but since I see thee grownded in't alredy
my peace on earth ys finisht and allmost
the minuts of my liccence—I must
She offers to embrace him
Isab
stay picentio, loue, dere shadow, shun mee still
picent
im brace mee in thy thoughts wt hin thyne armes
thow Canst not Isabella
Isab.
yf I Could no force should take thee from mee
picent
in that loue
thy wish ys worse then hate for where I dwell
dwells nether lust nor murther, thers no miser
whose foods the sweatt of labor, and whose drinke
ys the salt drop falls from the widdowes eye
wee haue no barr wt h vs where golden bribes
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maks yor right loose his hearing no deceipt:
no poore soule whipt for begging, & so beate
in to the hangmans office, no Isabella
all our desires are fashiond in one mould
wee know nor adge nor sicknes wee haue there
no nipping blast nor dog starr
Isab
temperat Climate
blesse mee but wt h the scituation of yt
picent
at our next meeting now my last minuts Come
and I must leaue thee
Exit
Isab
wt h a frowne dere soule
picentio frowne vpon mee? in his flesh
heed neuer meet mee neuer leaue mee thus
that frownes a shaft wt h an envenomd head
shott deep in to my bosome
Ent Picentio as Doctor
picenti
now deiw guard de madam haue ee no performa mee promise
Isab
thow hast
picent
I ee tinke so begarr was hee no shust de man in shapee proportion
& euery ting dat hee apeare van hee was aliue
Isab
in shape hee was—but
picent
but vat but pray speake a mee vat butt: fat de strang tinge
bee de voman; but: but vat
Isa
oh mr doctor
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yet agen, begarr mee bee no so musha troubla pour maka de
growne for prison de man as to conten de voman; vatta now yett
yow no speake vat
Isab
his shape was louely and the words hee spake
as Calme and quiet as loue ys
picent
vell & vat ys de but datt stika so mush in de stomake
Isab
but still as my afection would haue op't myne armes
offring imbraces toot yt walkt a way
and wt h a frowne departed.
picent
ee begar I tought as musha yow offra de embrace vpon de aire
pray Can yow Casha dat so sembla de glasse
Isab
this reason sees—but loue
picent
bee like de puppi ooner nine day old yt Canno see on de eye
mee say madam twas de plus grann offence
Isab
to offer to imbrace him? yf yt were
a sinn so Capitall thus I repent yt
wittnes these waters
picent
fi madam yow no shame to make vater fore all dis Company
but plete vow mee shall pacifie de ghost my selua. in Into yor
shamra and maka mush seeke agen. s..na. atende moy dat yow
no poynt loua de duke, dis bee de Cause pour la mor de picentio
mee shall prouida de grand posshon sall make de duke hata vow
and so diew garda vow.
Isab
any thing doctor so hee loue mee not
for who so euer has my outward part
picentios shaddow shall Comaund my hart
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