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Two Noble Kinsmen (Quarto, 1634)
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The Two Noble Kinsmen.
1712And to say veritie, and not to fable;
1713We are a merry rout, or else a rable
1714Or company, or by a figure, Choris
1715That fore thy dignitie will dance a Morris.
1717By title Pedagogus, that let fall
1718The Birch upon the breeches of the small ones,
1719And humble with a Ferula the tall ones,
1720Doe here present this Machine, or this frame,
1722From Dis to Dedalus, from post to pillar
1723Is blowne abroad; helpe me thy poore well willer,
1724And with thy twinckling eyes, looke right and straight
1725Vpon this mighty Morr---of mickle waight
1726Is---now comes in, which being glewd together
1727Makes Morris, and the cause that we came hether.
1730To speake before thy noble grace, this tenner:
1732The next the Lord of May, and Lady bright,
1733The Chambermaid, and Servingman by night
1736The gauled Traveller, and with a beckning
1738Then the beast eating Clowne, and next the foole,
1739The Bavian with long tayle, and eke long toole,
1740Cum multis aliijs that make a dance,
1742Thes. I, I by any meanes, deere Domine.
1744Intrate filij, Come forth, and foot it,
Knocke for
Schoole. Enter
The Dance.
1745Ladies, if we have beene merry
1746And have pleasd thee with a derry,
1747And a derry, and a downe
Say