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the thyrd act.
The furst scene
Here Symo standyth in a corner & spekyth to hym self.Misis.
Simo. Dauus Lesbia Glycery
It is as thow sayst Lesbia by this day
Thow shalt skāt fīde a mā trew to a womā to be
Si.
This mayd is I trow of andria what dot she say
Da.
So it is.
M.
but pāphylus.
Si.
what sayth she
My.
He hath promysid his fayth.
S.
what.
D.
I wold that he
were defe or she dome.
M.
he hath commādid
what so euer she haue it shall be norishid.
Si.
O good what here I if this trew be
that she sayth all is dasht.
L.
thow shewist a kīd mīd
Of the yong mā.
M.
very good come ī folow me
Le.
I will.
Da.
what remedy to this ill shall I now finde
S.
what dotythe he on thes strāg wench so sore
A now I know all lo I was so blynde
That tyll now I coud skant perseyue it before
D.
what seyth Simo that he perseyuith now
S.
This falshed by dauus cam furst to me
They fayn her to bere a chyld wherby they mow
Cause Chremes sōwhat a ferd to be
glycery.
Help me blessid lady now I pray the
Si.
what so sone this is a mok she cryed a pas
when she wist that I before the dore was.
when she wist that I before the dore was.
Dauus all these thingis devysid be not yet
By the suffycyently.
By the suffycyently.
D.
by me and why
S.
For thy skoler thow dost not forget
D.
I not what ye say.
S.
yf these weddinges truly
Had bene purposid and he thus sodaynly
Had cam vppon me how wold he than mok me.
On his perell beit I am in suerte.
The .ii. scene
Here Lesbia spekyth to archillis being within the house.Lesbia.
Simo. Dauus.
Achylles
all good tokyns I se
Behoueable to the helth of a woman
But furst of all cause her wasshyd to be
And gyue her that drynk that I bad than
As mych as I bad & I will come anan
By god this yong chyld of Pamphilus is proper
I pray god it may well lyue & prosper.
Behoueable to the helth of a woman
But furst of all cause her wasshyd to be
And gyue her that drynk that I bad than
As mych as I bad & I will come anan
By god this yong chyld of Pamphilus is proper
I pray god it may well lyue & prosper.
For Pamphilus of good condicion is he
For he to do wrong to the woman doth drede.
For he to do wrong to the woman doth drede.
Si.
who wold not beleue that knowyth the
But all this gere of the doth procede.
what.
Si.
She commādyd not withī what was nede
To be done to the woman but when she cam here
She cryed out of reson to them that within were
To be done to the woman but when she cam here
She cryed out of reson to them that within were
Dauus am I dyspysyd so of the
Or seme I sych a one whom thou so openly
And so bysyly bygynnyst to disseyue me
As though I were a frayd if I perseyue it I
Or seme I sych a one whom thou so openly
And so bysyly bygynnyst to disseyue me
As though I were a frayd if I perseyue it I
Da.
He dyssenyth hym self & not I truly
Si.
Dyd I not warn the & thretyn the also
Art you a frayd/but what auaylyth it so.
Art you a frayd/but what auaylyth it so.
Shall I beleue that she is by pamphilus
Gret with chyld.
Gret with chyld.
Da.
I wot wherī disseuyd is he
And what I shall do.
S.
why spekist not dauus
D.
what meane ye as tough these thīges had neuer be
Shewyd you before.
S.
were they euer shewyd me
D.
why knew ye not that this gere faynyd was
S.
The knaue mokkyth me vnto my face
Da.
It was shewyd you how coud ye haue ellis
This suspeccyon.
S.
how? because I knew the lo
Da.
what ye speke it as it were done by my counsels
Si.
ye that is trew.
D.
nay ye know not me Simo
Nor what I am.
S.
not the no do
Da.
But if I bygyn to speke then by & by
ye think I dysseyue you.
S.
thou lyest falsly
Da.
So to you I dare say ryght nought
Si.
No woman hath trauylyd here I know surely
Da.
Thynk ye so but yet the chyld shalbe brought
And layd at your dorys there openly
And I tell you of this before now playnly
That ye may know it lest ye here after say to me
This was done by thy counsell & suttelte
And layd at your dorys there openly
And I tell you of this before now playnly
That ye may know it lest ye here after say to me
This was done by thy counsell & suttelte
I shall put away your opynyon iwys
Si.
How knowist thes.
D.
I hard say they wold do so
& beleue it.
S.
many thīges make me to cōiecture thys
Furst she was gret with pāphilus they sey lo
That is found fals/And when she saw also
Bad her mayd for the mydwyfe to go
And bad her also a chyld with her to bryng
Da.
But exceptit be so that you the chyld se
The weddingis shall not be delayd I wot well
S.
what sayst than why shewdyst not me
when thou kneuyst they toke that counsell
D.
why who with drew hī frō her but I. I pray you tell.
For all my felows know as wel as I
How he dotyd in loue on Glycery.
For all my felows know as wel as I
How he dotyd in loue on Glycery.
Now to take a wyfe he is dysposyd
And to further that let me alone hardly
Performe ye the weddingis as he haue purposyd
And I trust god shall help vs.
And to further that let me alone hardly
Performe ye the weddingis as he haue purposyd
And I trust god shall help vs.
S.
well go tary
Me wyth in & ordayn althyng necessary
He hath not made me beleue al these thingis
And yet I not whether they be trew or lesingis.
Me wyth in & ordayn althyng necessary
He hath not made me beleue al these thingis
And yet I not whether they be trew or lesingis.
But I care not for that. but I set by that more
That my son hath promisyd but now will I go
pray chremes my sō may haue his doughter therfore
wich if I obtayn what had I leuer tho
Then these weddīges to day to be for if my sō lo
Deny to mary which he promisyd me
Then doutles may I well constrayn hī therto
O happy tyme lo yonder Chremes I se
That my son hath promisyd but now will I go
pray chremes my sō may haue his doughter therfore
wich if I obtayn what had I leuer tho
Then these weddīges to day to be for if my sō lo
Deny to mary which he promisyd me
Then doutles may I well constrayn hī therto
O happy tyme lo yonder Chremes I se
The thryd scene
Simo. Chremes.Si.
God spede Chremes.
C.
O I sought the.
S.
& I you
Now well met some folkis cā to me
And sayd that you sayd that my doughter now
Shuld be weddyd to your sō & now I come to se
whether ye or they be mad.
S.
what wyth the
hark & be styll now.
Ch/
speke & I will here
Si.
O Chremes noW for loue of the goddes all
And our old frendship which hath euer
Contynuyd styll syth we were chyldern small
And for love of my sonne/& eke thy doughter
Of whose kepyng thou shalt haue the power
I pray the help that they maryed may be
As was apoyntyd betwene the & me.
C.
O pray me not for this is in lyke case
As it behouyth the wyth prayng me to get
Thynkyst I am other than I before was
when I sayd I wold/if it be theyr profet
Let it be don/but if thou se yet
That more hurt then good therof shuld grow
Indyfferent for both ∥tis councell me now.
As it behouyth the wyth prayng me to get
Thynkyst I am other than I before was
when I sayd I wold/if it be theyr profet
Let it be don/but if thou se yet
That more hurt then good therof shuld grow
Indyfferent for both ∥tis councell me now.
As though she were thyne & pāphilus me sonne
Si.
So I will & desyre the it may be truly
Nor I wold ask it except it ought to be done
what is it/
S/
Glycery & my son now be angry
I here the/
S/
so far that I trust he may verely
Be take from her/
C/
talys/
S/
it is so certayn
C.
So as I tell the man it is sykerly
The angers of louers renew loue agayn
Si.
I pray the let vs go while tyme is
And while his plesure is shit vp wyth dysdayn
Before that her wikkydnes mynglyd wyth terys
And dysceytis bryng his loue syk mynd agayn
To pyte/let vs mary him & I trust for certayn
He shalbe ouer cōe wyth costume/& wedlok liberall
Then shall he sone be delyūd from these illys all
C.
Thinkist thou so/but I think he nother cannat
Haue her alway nor I cannot it suffer
S.
How know you it/but if ye preue that
C.
But that were a shrewd profe in my doughter
S.
This shalbe the hurt if any be hereafter
A deforce/which god forfend/yet if he now
Be correctyd/se how many perfettis shall grow.
Be correctyd/se how many perfettis shall grow.
Furst thow shalt make hym a good frēd to the
A stedfast sonne ī law & also thow shalt fynd
Him a good husband to thy doughter to be
A stedfast sonne ī law & also thow shalt fynd
Him a good husband to thy doughter to be
Ch.
well what of this yf ye think it in your mynd
Profytable I will not put it behynd
Si.
O chremes I haue done for the alway
but not wythout a cause.
C.
but what do you say
Si.
what.
C.
how know you that they be at dystaūce
Si.
Dauus most chefe of theyr councell sayd so
And he concellyd me/wythall the furtherauns
To spede the mariagis wold he so do
wythout he knew my son to agre therto
Thou shalt here hym speke/how call dauus
Lo I se hym now comyng toward vs.
The .iiii. scene
Dauus.Simo. Chremes.
I Come to you.
S.
What is the matter now
Da.
why nyes the bryde send for/the nyght drawyth ny
Si.
Heryst him dauus I was late aferd lest thou
woldyst do as all seruaūtis ar wont to do comenly
Mok me because my sonne louyth truly
shuld I so.
S.
I thought so but now I will the tell
That for fere of you I kept in counsell
Da.
what ist.
S.
that shalt know for I trust the now welny
D.
ye now ye know me.
S.
hark lo this weddyng
Shuld not haue be.
d.
why.
S.
I faynyd thē only
To proue your mynd.
D.
what.
S.
so it it.
D.
alas this thing
Coud I neuer perseyue O suttell counsellyng
Si.
but hark when I cōmaūdyd the in to go
I met thys man.
D.
be we not now vndo.
I shewd him that that thow late shewdyst me
Da.
what here I now.
Si.
And I dyd him pray
To gyue his doughter but scant it wold be
Da.
I am vndon.
S.
what dydyst thou say
Da.
Uery well don.
S.
NoW by hym ys no delay
Ch.
I will go home & althyng redy se
And shew her this.
S.
now dauus I pray the
Because that alone hast made to me these mariagis
D.
ye forsoth.
S.
to correct my sō labour thou
D.
I shall do it.
S.
But canst thow now do thys
while his mynd is troblyd.
D.
pease I pray you
S:
well go to it than/but where is he now
Da.
I think he be at home.
S.
to him will I hy me
And shew him all that I haue shewyd the
D.
I Am mard what remedy but I shall go into
The bakhows no/prayer can I get for I
Haue troblid All my maister disseyuid lo
Cast his son in the mariagis & that sodenly
Agaynst his will/o disseytis. yf I had restid truly
No hurt had come but alas I do him see
wold god here were sōwhat wherby I myght sle me.
The .v. scene
Here dauus standyth in a corner being aferd.Phamphilus. Dauus.
D.
where is that horesō that hath lost me I am vndo
P.
And I knowlege this by right to me to fall
Seing I Was so folish And of no counsell so
To a light felow to comyt my fortunys all
Therfore I may haue a folis bable wythall
But he shall not skape vnponishid iwis
D.
yet I trust to be safe if I may eskape this
P.
For what to my father shall I say what
Shall I refuse to wed and graunted it to day
I can not tell now what to do or lay
D
Nor I nother but I will now say
That some delay for this mischefe fynd I can
P
what.
d.
I Am aspyed.
P.
come hyther good man
what seyst seest not me mard with thy councel
D.
But I will help.
P.
help.
D.
ye And god to fore
P.
As thow diddist right now.
D.
nay better & yet well
P.
Shall I beleue thy sayeng knaue ony more
A thing clene hyndrid And lost canst thow restore
O so I am vexid which from my most trāquilyte
To day ī to the snare of maryagis hast cast me
A thing clene hyndrid And lost canst thow restore
O so I am vexid which from my most trāquilyte
To day ī to the snare of maryagis hast cast me
Did not I tell the how it wold be
D.
you sayd so.
p.
what deseruyst thow now Iustly
D.
Hangyng but yet A whyle soffer me
To com to my self And I shall fynde som remedi
P.
O wretch that I Am Alas why haue not I
Tyme to ponish the As I woll onis in dede
But now there is no tyme to be reuengyd
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