Authors: Anonymous, Michael Drayton, Richard Hathway, Antony Munday, William Shakespeare, Robert Wilson

Editor: Michael Best

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The History of Sir John Oldcastle (Folio 3, 1664)

 1327Enter Priest and Doll.
 1328Doll. By my troth, thou art as jealous a man as lives.
 1329Priest. Canst thou blame me, Doll. thou art my Lands,
 1330my Goods, my Jewels, my Wealth, my purse, none walks
 1331within forty miles of London, but a plies thee as truly, as
 1332the Parish does the poor mans box.
 1333Doll.I am as true to thee, as the stone is in the wall,
 1334and thou know'st well enough, I was in as good doing,
 1335when I came to thee, as any wench need to be: and
 1336therefore thou hast tryed me that thou hast: and I will
 1337not be kept as I ha bin, that I will not.
 1338Priest. Doll, if this blade hold, there's not a Pedler
 1339walks with a pack, but thou shalt as boldly choose of his
 1340wares, as with thy ready mony in a merchants shop,
 1341we'll have as good silver as the King coins any.
 1342Doll. What is all the Gold spent you took the last day
 1343from the Courtier?
 1344Priest. 'Tis gone Doll, 'tis flown; merrily come, mer-
 1345rily gone; he comes a horse back that must pay for all;
 1346we'll have as good meat as mony can get, and as good
 1347gowns as can be bought for gold, be merry wench, the
 1348Malt-man comes on Monday.
 1349Doll. You might have left me at Cobham, untill you
 1350had been better provided for.
 1351Priest. No sweet Doll, no, I like not that, yon old
 1352Ruffian is not for the Priest: I do not like a new Cleark
 1353should come in the old Bel-fry.
 1354Doll. Thou art a mad Priest ifaith.
 1355Priest. Come Doll, I'le see thee safe at some Ale-house
 1356here at Cray,
  and the next sheep that comes shall leave
 1357behind his fleece.Exeunt.

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