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the second. act.

The .i. scene

Carinus
the yong mā. Biria his seruāt. Pāphylus.
what seyst thow Birria shall not philomēa now
To pamphilus be weddid this present day

B.
So it is for a suerte.

C.
how knouist thow

B.
For at the merket so hard I dauus say

Ca.
now wo is me wrech for as my mynde was ay
Byfore this in hope and drede minglid
Lo now when all hope is clene put away
My mynde weryed is all amasid.

B.
Carinus I pray the bycawse that thow
Canst not haue thow woldist/wish that be may.

Ca.
I will nothing but phylomena now

B.
O how moch were it better for the I say.
To enforce thy self to put that loue away
Then to speke more of it by the which thing
Thy voluptuous lust shold haue more kyndlyng

Ca.
They that be hole good cownsell gyue can
To seke men but if thow in my case were
Thow woldist think otherwise.

B.
do as it please you thā

C.
I se pamphylus I purpose althing clere
To proue or I dy.

B.
than wat do we here

C.

B.
That sōwhat is nothīg.

C.
but what thīkist thow to do
Shall I go to hym.

B.
ye mary why nat
yf thow nothing can get yet he shall think so
That thow wilt make hī cokecold yf he wed her lo

C.
walk furth thou knaue wyth sorow & shame.
For thy suspycyons demyng of the same

P.
I se Carinus/god spede.

C.
Pāphilus god spede.
For hope/heth/help/& councell I com to the

P.
God wot I can gyue the no cownsell nor rede
Nor but small help but what thing ist tell me

C.
Thaw shalt wed philōena.

P.
sō say so for suerte.

C.
O pamphilus if thow wed her I say
Thow shallt neuer se me after this day

P.
why so.

C.
I am afrayd to tell that
Tell hym byrya.

B.
shall I tell hym lo

P.
what.

B.
he louyth thy wyfe.

P.
his mīde and mīgre not
cō hyther tel me haddist neuer with her ado

C.
no.

P.
but wold god thow haddist done so

C.
I pray the of all good feleship than
wed her not.

P.
no more I will and I can

C.
yf thow canst not or if the weddingis be
to the plesyng.

P.
plesyng qd a.

C.
yet a season
deffar thē that I may go where I shal not thē see

P.
But herk I think it no good condicōn
A man to get thank where he desyruith non
Than thow art glad now for to take her
For I am more glad now to farsake her.

C.
Thow haste easid very well my mynde

P.
But yf thow or byrya can bring to pas that she
May be gyuyn to the I shall som ways fynde
That in no wyse she shalbe gyuyn to we

C.
I haue ynough.

P.
But dauus me thinkth I se
whose coūsell I haue oft had.

C.
But thow contrary
Gyuist me no coūsell but that is no nede to be
why gost not hēs

B.
with all myne hart gladly

The .ii. scene

Here dauus spekith to hym self a whyle
Dauus
Pamphilus Carinus
O Good lord what tythingis do I bryng now
Or where pamphilus now fynde may I
That I may put away his drede & sorow
And for to make hym both glad and myry

C.
He is glad now but I wot not why

P.
He knowith not these myschefes.

D.
whom now I am assurid
yf he hard the mariagis to hī preparid

C.
Heryst hī not.

D.
now thorow owt all the town.

Da.
He wold go seke me but where seke hym shall I
Or whether shall I go vpward or down

C.
wilt thou not speke.

Da.
I will hens by & by

P.
Dauus com hyther abyde hardly

D.
who callis me what pamphilus I seke the
And the Carinus happely met ye be

P.
Dauus I am vndone.

Da.
but hark this

P.
I am distroyd.

Da.
I know what ye fere perde

P.
Certis my lyfe now in dowt is

D.
I wot what ye fere.

P.
I must weddid be

D.
I know that.

P.
to day for a suerte

D.
ye make me defe for I perseyue that
ye fere ye shall wed her and ye fere ye shall nat

C.
Thou hyttist the nayle on the hed.

P.
trewth sayst thou ther

D.
And therin is no parell trust me

P.
Then I pray the delyuer me from this fere

D.
I shall/Chremes will gyue no wife to the

P.
How knowyst thow.

D.

Pa.
what thē.

D.
I wēt frō thēs vnto Cremes place
when I cam none was before the dore there
I was glad.

Ca.
thou sayst well.

P.
Go to let vs here

Da.
I taryed there in the mene whyle I
Saw no man go in nor non com owt
I saw no husWyfe in the howse truly
Nothing drest nor no noyse wythowt
I wentin I lokid round Abowt

P.
This a gret token.

d.
whether thinkyst thou lo
The weddingis shalbe now.

P.
As I trow no.

D.
Makyst thow a trowing thow dost nought ther in to dowt
It is as sure a matter as can be thought
For I met chremes lad there wythowt
which an halfporth of wortes and fish had bought
For his maisters supper And theym home brought

C.
I haue now cawse to be glad iwis

D.
Nay by my troth nere the more for this.

C.
why so he shall not at all haue her

D.
O folish daw thynkst it must nedis be so
Bycawse my master shall haue her neuer
that thou shalt haue her/nay thou must furst sue to
The old mās frendys ells Abowt the bush dost thow go

C.
I shall go now for thow warnyst me well
And now myne ill hope is put away farewell

The .iii. scene

Pamphilus.
Dauus.
what menith my father why dothe he fayne

D.

P.
what wilt thow I shall soffer.

d.
o pāphilus I say
He is thy father And It is hard trust me
To dysceyue him/this woman here alone is she
By word or dede some cause will he lay
Owt of the town to dryue her clene away.

Pam.
Dryue her away qda.

d.
ye & quikly.

p.
I the pray
what shall I do.

d.
say thou wilt wed her yet

Pam.
What.

D.
what now.

P.
shuld I so say

Da.
why not.

P.
for I will neuer do it

Da.
Deny it not yet.

P.
coūsell me not to it

Da.
se what folowyth.

p.
that I shalbe put frō glicery
And take philomena.

D.

P.
Thinkyst thou so.

D.
no dout I suppose so

P.
Take hede now thou councell me wysely

D.
Fere not.

P.
I shall say so but specyally
I must beware that my father know no whit
That I haue got a chyld on Glycery
yet haue I suerly vowid to norysh it.

D.
O good lord a meruelouse bold dede

P.
Glycery prayd me that I shuld gyue to her
My trusty fayth the chyld to norysh at nede
That by some takyn she myght know euer
She shuld not be all desolate of soker

D.
well it shalbe sene to/but thy father is here by
Beware he perseyue not the to be sory.

The .iiii. scene

Here simo spekyth to hym self.
Simo
/Dauus/Pamphilus.
I Come to se now what thing they do
Or what councell then be takyng

D.

P.
As well as I can I Will do it than

D.
But pamphilus trust me & hark what I say
your fader Wyll not one Word to day
Chyde Wyth you yf ye say that ye
Will to philomena noW Weddyd be.

The .v. scene

Here biria standith in a corner & spekith to him self.
Beria/Simo/Dauus/Pamphilus.
Bir.
My master commaundyd me all thingis a part layd
To Wait vppon pāphilus that he myght know
Of the mariagis What be don or sayd
I se him wyth dauus therfore I him folow
I shall Wayt vppon him.

S.
I se thē both two

D.
Take hede noW.

S.
What pamphilus What

D.
Loke as of his coming ye kneW nat.

P.
what fader.

d.
well sayd.

s.
I will that ye today
As I before haue sayd weddyd shall be

B.
I fere now for our part what he will say

P.
Sir in that nor in ought elles ye wold wyth me
Shalbe no let.

B.
alas.

D.
lo now amasyd is he

B.
what sayd he.

S.
thou dost as it besemyth the
Sith that I desyre wyth good will thou grantyst me.

D.
Sayd I not trewth.

B.
as far as I can here
My master shall not philomena mary

Si.
Go in now pamphilus wythout any fere
So that for the they nede not to tary

P.
I go.

B.

The .vi. scene

Dauus.
Simo.
Simo beleuith that I will hym begyle
And for that cause A season here I tary

S.
what seyth dauus.

D.
but as I sayd ere whyle

Si.
Nothing ells.

d.
nothīg.

S.
I had went ye had I

D.
I think to his mynde this hapnyth contrary
And that greuyth the man.

S.
canst not tell me ī this
The very trewth.

D.
yes syr nothing easyar is

S.
Be not these mariagis to hym greuous tell me
for the accoyntaunce of this woman.

D.
no truly
But yf it be it is but for .ii. dayes or thre
As you knew well than shall it ende shortly
For he hath set that thing in a right way veryly.

S.
I prays hym.

Da.

Si.
But me think he is sad.

Da.
not for that thing
He is āgry with you.

S.
wherfor.

D.
tush a tryfelīg

Si.
Tell me wherfore mary he sayth that ye
Do to littill cost.

S.
what I.

Da.

Si.
Husht.

D.
I haue mouid hī.

Si.
therto se I shall
but what menyth this or what will this knaue do
If ony myschefe be he his the hed of all