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Rebecca. Mido. Iacob.I come to see if Iacob do not returne yet,
I can not maruell enough what should be his let,
And greatly wonder he is away thus long.
I feare much of his absence, lest som thing be wrong.
As well as hearte can wishe all thing is ready here.
And now to me eche moment semeth a whole yere.
But hearke, me thinketh I here a yong kidde blee
It is so in deede, I see Iacob, well is mee.
Mido.
Hearke maister Iacob, hearde ye euer kidde blea so?
I wene she knoweth afore hande wherto she shall go.
Iacob.
I would not my father Isaac should heare:
Mido.
Nay, she will scarsly be stil, when she is dead, I do feare.
Iacob.
But loe I see my mother stande before the tent.
Rebecca.
O Lord, me thinketh long sonne Iacob since thou went
Iacob.
And me thinketh mother, we haue hyed vs well:
Mido.
I haue made many feete to folowe, I can tell.
Rebecca.
Geue me thy kidde my sonne, and nowe leat me alone,
Bring thou in thine Mido, and see thou bee a stone.
Mido.
A stone? howe shoulde that be maistresse? I am a lad:
And a boy aliue, as good as ere ye had:
And nowe in bringyng home this kyd I haue I trow,
Tried my selfe a man, and a preatie fellow,
Rebecca.
I ment thou shouldest nothing saye..
Mido.
One warning is enough, ye bad vs so last day.
Rebecca.
Well let me go in, and venison hereof make:
Iacob.
And hearest thou Mido? see that good hede thou take,
In any wise to come in my fathers sight.
Mido.
Why he seeth no better at noone than at midnight.
Is he not blinde long since, and dooth his eyes lacke?
Therfore go in dame, I beare an heauy packe.
Rebecca.
I leaue you here Iacob, and hartely you pray,
That when neede shall require, you be not farre away.
Iacob.
I shall be ready mother, when so ere you call.
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