Authors: Anonymous, William ShakespeareNot Peer Reviewed
The London Prodigal (Folio 3, 1664)
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> 1932Wea. What hath he kill'd his father?
1933Lance. I,
sir, with conceit of his vild cour
ses.
1934Fath. Sir, you are mi
sinformed.
1935Lan. Why, thou old knave, thou told'
st me
so thy
self.
1936Fath. I wrong'd him then: and toward my Ma
ster's
(Stock, 1937There's twenty Nobles for to make amends.
1938Flow. No
Kester, I have troubled thee, and wrong'd
1940What thou in love gives, I in love re
store.
1941Fran. Ha, ha,
sister, there you plaid bo-peep with
1942Tom, what
shall I give her toward hou
shold?
1943Si
ster
Delia,
shall I give her my Fan?
1944Del. You were be
st a
sk your hu
sband.
1946Civ. I do
Frank, I'le buy thee a new one, with a longer
(handle. 1947Fran. A ru
sset one,
Tom.
1948Civ. I with ru
sset feathers.
1949Fran. Here,
sister, there's my Fan toward hou
shold,
1951Luce. I thank you,
sister.
1952Wea. Why this is well, and toward fair
Luces Stock,
1953here's forty
shillings: and forty good
shillings more, I'le
1954give her marry. Come Sir
Lancelot, I mu
st have you
1956Lance. Not I, all this is counterfeit,
1957He will con
sume it, were it a Million.
1958Fath. Sir, what is your daughters dower worth?
1959Lance. Had
she been married to an hone
st man,
1960It had been better then a thou
sand pound.
1961Fath. Pay it him, and I'le give you my bond,
1962To make her joynter better worth then three.
1963Lance. Your bond,
sir, why what are you?
1964Fath. One who
se word in
London though I
say it,
1965Will pa
sse there for as much as yours.
1966Lan. Wert not thou late that unthrifts
serving-man?
1967Fath. Look on me better, now my
scar is o
ff.
1968Nere mu
se man at this metamorpho
sie.
1969Lance. Ma
ster
Flowerdale.
1970Flow. My father, O I
shame to look on him.
1971Pardon, dear father, the follies that are pa
st.
1972Fath. Son,
son, I do, and joy at this thy change,
1973And applaud thy fortune in this vertuous maid,
1974Whom heaven hath
sent to thee to
save thy
soul.
1975Luce. This addeth joy to joy, high heaven be prais'd.
1976Wea. M.
Flowerdale, welcome from death, good Mr.
1978'Twas
sed
so here, 'twas
sed
so here good faith.
1979Fath. I caus'd that rumour to be
spread my
self,
1980Becau
se I'd
see the humours of my
son,
1981Which to relate the circum
stance is needle
sse:
1982And
sirrha,
see you run no more into that
same di
sea
se:
1983For he that's once cured of that maladie,
1984Of Riot, Swearing, Drunkenness, and Pride,
1985And falls again into the like di
stre
sse,
1986That fever is deadly, doth till death indure:
1987Such men die mad as of a calenture.
1988Flow. Heaven helping me, I'le hate the cour
se as hell.
1989Unc. Say it, and do it Cou
sin, all is well.
1990Lan. Well, being in hope you'll prove an hone
st man,
1991I take you to my favour. Brother
Flowerdale,
1992Welcome with all my heart: I
see your care
1993Hath brought the
se a
cts to this conclu
sion,
1994And I am glad of it, come let's in and fea
st.
1995Oli. Nay zoft you a while, you promi
sed to make
1996Sir
Arthur and me amends, here is your wi
se
st 1997Daughter,
see which an's
she'll have.
1998Lan. A Gods name, you have my good will, get hers.
1999Oli. How
say you then Dam
sel, tyters hate?
2000Delia. I
sir, am yours.
2001Oli. Why, then
send for a Vicar, and chill have it
2002Di
spatched in a trice,
so chill.
2003Del. Pardon me,
sir, I mean I am yours,
2004In love, in duty: and a
ffe
ction.
2005But not to love as wife,
shall nere be
said,
2006 Delia was buried, married, but a maid.
2007Arth. Do not condemne your
self for ever
2008Vertuous fair, you were born to love.
2009Oli. Why you
say true, Sir
Arthur,
she was ybore to it,
2010So well as her mother: but I pray you
shew us
2011Some zamples or rea
sons why you will not marry?
2012Del. Not that I do condemne a married life,
2013For 'tis no doubt a
san
ctimonious thing:
2014But for the care and cro
sses of a wife,
2015The trouble in this world that children bring,
2016My vow is in heaven in earth to live alone,
2017Hu
sbands how
soever good, I will have none.
2018Oli. Why then, chill live a Batchelor too,
2019Che zet not a vig by a wife, if a wife zet not a vig
2020By me: Come,
shall's go to dinner?
2021Fath. To morrow I crave your companies in
Mark-lane:
2022To night we'll frolick in M.
Civet'
s hou
se,
2023And to each health drink down a full Carou
se,