and his three daughters.
2203That raynd from heauen among
st the I
sraelites:
2204It hath recall'd my
spirits home agayne,
2205And made me fre
sh, as ear
st I was before.
2206But how
shall we congratulate their kindne
sse?
2207Per. Infayth, I know not how
su
fficiently;
2208But the be
st meane that I can think on, is this:
2209Ile o
ffer them my dublet in requitall;
2210For we haue nothing el
se to
spare.
2211Leir. Nay,
stay,
Perillus, for they
shall haue mine.
2212Per. Pardon, my Lord, I
sweare they
shall haue mine.
2213Perillus proffers his dublet: they will not take it. 2214Leir. Ah, who would think
such kindnes
should remayne
2215Among
such
strange and vnacquainted men:
2216And that
such hate
should harbour in the bre
st 2217Of tho
se, which haue occa
sion to be be
st?
2218Cor. Ah, good old father, tell to me thy griefe,
2219Ile
sorrow with thee, if not adde reliefe.
2220Leir. Ah, good young daughter, I may call thee
so;
2221For thou art like a daughter I did owe.
2222Cor. Do you not owe her
still? what, is
she dead?
2223Leir. No, God forbid: but all my intere
st's gone,
2224By
shewing my
selfe too much vnnaturall:
2225So haue I lo
st the title of a father,
2226And may be call'd a
stranger to her rather.
2227Cor. Your title's good
still; for tis alwayes knowne,
2228A man may do as him li
st with his owne.
2229But haue you but one daughter then in all?
2230Leir. Yes, I haue more by two, then would I had.
2231Cor. O,
say not
so, but rather
see the end:
2232They that are bad, may haue the grace to mend:
2233But how haue they o
ffended you
so much?
2234Leir. If from the
fir
st I
should relate the cau
se,
2235 'Twould make a heart of Adamant to weepe;
2236and thou, poore
soule, kind-hearted as thou art,
2237Do
st weepe already, ere I do begin.
2238Cor. For Gods loue tell it, and when you haue done,
2239Ile tell the rea
son why I weepe
so
soone.
2240Leir. Then know this
fir
st, I am a Brittayne borne,
2241And had three daughters by one louing wife:
H3 And