The Tragedie of Richard D. of
587481Thy father beares the type of king of
Naples,
588482Of both the
Sissiles and
Ierusalem,
589483Yet not
so wealthie as an Engli
sh Yeoman.
590484Hath that poore Monarch taught thee to in
sult?
591485It needes not, or it bootes thee not proud Queene,
592486Vnle
sse the Adage mu
st be veri
fide
: 593487That beggers mounted, run their hor
se to death.
594488Tis beautie, that oft makes women proud,
595489But God he wots thy
share thereof is
small.
596490Tis gouernment, that makes them mo
st admirde,
597491The contrarie doth make thee wondred at.
598492Tis vertue that makes them
seeme deuine,
599493The want thereof makes thee abhominable.
600494Thou art as oppo
site to euerie good,
601495As the
Antipodes are vnto vs,
602496Or as the
south to the Septentrion.
603497Oh Tygers hart wrapt in a womans hide?
604498Hovv could
st thou draine the life bloud of the childe,
605499To bid the father wipe his eies withall,
606500And yet be
seene to beare a womans face?
607501Women are milde, pittifull, and
flexible,
608502Thou indurate,
sterne, rough, remorcele
sse.
609503Bids thou me rage? why novv thou ha
st thy vvill
610504Would
st haue me weepe? vvhy
so thou ha
st thy vvi
sh.
611505For raging windes blowes vp a
storme of teares,
612506And when the rage alaies the raine begins.
613507The
se teares are my
sweet
Rutlands ob
sequies,
614508And euerie drop begs vengeance as it fals,
615509On thee fell
Clifford, and the fal
se French woman.
616510North. Be
shrevv me but his pa
ssions moue me
so,
617511As hardlie can I checke mine eies from teares.
York.